TenuousLiteraryConnection

The Man Who Fell to Earth | Walter Tevis

#TenuousLiteraryConnection 1: The epigraph for TMWFTE is a verse by Hart Crane, who was friends with poet Samuel Loveman, who was also a friend of H. P. Lovecraft, whose story "The Statement of Randolph Carter" I've just read, in which the doomed character Harley Warren is based on Loveman. (Yes, this is exceedingly tenuous!)
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Bookwomble #TenuousLiteraryConnection 2: The cover of my edition is painted by George Underwood, David Bowie's childhood friend turned album and book cover artist, whose punch to the eye during a fight over a girl caused the injury resulting in heterochromia that contributed to David's air of otherworldliness, which was part of the mystique Nicholas Reg utilised when casting him in the film adaptation as alien visitor, Thomas Jerome Newton.
#BooksAndBowie 1mo

BarbaraBB Interesting! And a worthy photo for your profile as well! 1mo

bibliothecarivs A striking image 1mo

Bookwomble @BarbaraBB I have it (at least the "Low" album cover version) on a t-shirt, too ? 1mo

Bookwomble @bibliothecarivs It's one of my favourite Bowie images, and I've wanted that coat since forever! 1mo

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