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The remarkable novel upon which the stunning cult film was based
Beautiful The story of an extraterrestrial visitor from another planet is designed mainly to say something about life on this one NEW YORK TIMES
Thomas Jerome Newton is an extraterrestrial from the planet Anthea which has been devastated by a series of nuclear wars and whose inhabitants are twice as intelligent as human beings When he lands on Earth in Kentucky disguised as a human its with the intention of saving his own people from extinction Newton patents some very advanced Anthean technology which he uses to amass a fortune He begins to build a spaceship to help the last 300 Antheans migrate to Earth Meanwhile Nathan Bryce a chemistry professor in Iowa is intrigued by some of the new products Newtons company brings to the market and already suspects Newton of being an alien As Bryce and the FBI close in Newton finds his own clarity and sense of purpose diminishing
Discover the book which inspired the classic film with David Bowie and the new Paramount series with Chiwetel Ejiofor
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