Sci-Fi Fans?

[Piper]

Relying on my feeble memory, it seems to me there was a movie made back in the 70's called "The Man who fell to Earth". I think the part was played by David Bowie. I remember hearing that it was based on Heinlein's "Stranger in a Strange Land"

[Panache]

Relying on my feeble memory, it seems to me there was a movie made back in the 70's called "The Man who fell to Earth". I think the part was played by David Bowie. I remember hearing that it was based on Heinlein's "Stranger in a Strange Land"

Walter Tevis wrote "The Man who Fell to Earth" in 1963 while Heinlein's "Stranger in a strange land" was 1962. It's been a while since I've read either (I've never seen the movie of T.M.W.F.T.E. which is odd because I was a pretty big David Bowie fan at one time). Both protagonists are aliens trying to understand and deal with our cuture. T.M.W.F.T.E. is a far more sad tale.

Cheers