The Man Who Fell to Earth

The “beautiful” novel that inspired the Showtime series, from a Nebula Award finalist ( The New York Times ).   The Man Who Fell to Earth  tells the story of Thomas Jerome Newton, an alien disguised as a human who comes to Earth on a mission to save his people. Devastated by nuclear war, his home planet, Anthea, is no longer habitable. Newton lands in Kentucky and starts patenting Anthean technology—amassing the fortune he needs to build a spaceship that will bring the last three hundr