# 27 THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH
| Author : | Walter Tevis RICHMOND, KY |
| Artist : | Stevie Moore LEXINGTON, KY |
| Sponsor : | LFUCG – Corridors Commission |
Walter Tevis (1928-1994): The Man Who Fell to Earth
San Francisco-born Walter Tevis moved with his parents to Madison County near Richmond, Ky., when he was eleven years old. He earned his B.A. and M.A. degrees in English at the University of Kentucky, where he studied under Pulitzer Prize winner A. B. Guthrie. Tevis authored six novels, three of which were made into motion pictures: The Hustler, The Color of Money, and The Man Who Fell to Earth. The 1963 The Man Who Fell to Earth was named the best science-fiction novel of that year. The novel features a humanoid alien, Thomas Jerome Newton, who has traveled to Earth from his drought-stricken planet Athenia to seek transport and refuge for his fellow citizens. The novel was made into a motion picture in 1976 starring David Bowie.
Stevie Moore:
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I chose the book, The Man Who Fell To Earth, because I am a lifelong fan of science fiction and I love the themes of the book: self-discovery and fitting in. In this Book Bench, I wanted to convey the far reaches of space, of alien origin, and of otherworldliness. Loose heavenly shapes impressed against a star-field echo a home of distant origin as one special individual makes a quest to fit in like a needle in a stack of hay. Lest we not forget that we are all made of stars. Stevie Moore is an artist from Lexington, Ky.