{"product_id":"the-steps-of-the-sun-and-far-from-home-an-omnibus","title":"The Steps of the Sun and Far From Home: An Omnibus","description":"Review\n\nEngaging and effortlessly readable - Publishers Weekly\nWarmly involving . . .Tevis' delivery is agreeably fluid and deadpan; and narrator Ben Belson has enough craggy, amiably sardonic appeal to hold the reader's interest. - Kirkus Reviews\nSF writing of a rare quality. - Time Out\nThe poetic imprints of a fine writer's trail. - The Times\n\n\nProduct Description\n\nThe Walter Tevis Omnibus contains two works from the acclaimed author of THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH, THE HUSTLER and THE COLOUR OF MONEY.\nTHE STEPS OF THE SUN\nIn a time when America's power has been eroded by energy depletion, and world control has been virtually given over to the Chinese, only one man has the courage to seek new mineral resources among the stars. He is Ben Belson, one of the richest men in the world, a man haunted by the memory of a loveless childhood and driven by needs and desires he can barely understand or control. His dream is to find the means to help America break the stranglehold of the corrupt interests who are keeping it a second class power.\nFAR FROM HOME\nA collection of Walter Tevis essential short fiction, containing:\nPart One: Far From Home\nThe Other End of the Line The Big Bounce The Goldabrick The Ifth of Oofth The Scholar's Disciple Far From Home Part Two: Close To Home\nRent Control A Visit From Mother Daddy The Apotheosis of Myra Out of Luck Echo Sitting In Limbo\n\nBook Description\n\nTwo classic SF works from the acclaimed author of THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH.\n\nAbout the Author\n\nWalter Tevis was an American novelist and short story writer. Whilst a student at the University of Kentucky, Tevis worked in a pool hall and published a story about the game for an English class. He would later revisit his love for pool in the novels THE HUSTLER (1959) and THE COLOR OF MONEY (1984), both of which would be adapted into multiple award-winning films starring Paul Newman. Among his other works, THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH (1963) and MOCKINGBIRD (1980) are considered masterpieces of science fiction. Tevis died in 1984.","brand":"Gollancz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40161492566101,"sku":"9781473213135N","price":11.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/products\/4c1954af-52ed-4547-a9ec-9bba1c49aed7.jpg?v=1657628428","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/the-steps-of-the-sun-and-far-from-home-an-omnibus","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}