Rob Price
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The Man Who Fell to Earth by Walter Tevis

Gold Medal / Del Rey Impact

Page numbers followed by text [my notes in brackets]

5 / 1 1972: ICARUS DESCENDING / 1985: Icarus descending

6 / 4 He felt overtall, awkward. / He felt over tall, awkward.

6 / 5 The man looked at the ring and read aloud, “T. J. from Marie Newton, Anniversary, 1968,” and then “18 K.” / The man looked at the ring and read aloud, “T.J. from Marie Newton, Anniversary, 1982,” and then “18 K.”
[Note different spacing of T.J.; also the ring is four years old in one book but only three years old in the other.]

8 / 7 of broomsage / a broom sage

8 / 7 a clump / the clump

9 / 9 ever present / ever-present

9 / 9 earth / Earth

9 / 8 fine world... / fine world....

9 / 9 analysis... / analysis....

11 / 12 brief case / briefcase
[Is one word in GM on p 12]

11 / 12 Heaven’s / heaven’s

12 / 14 onto / on to

12 / 14 formulae / formulas

13 / 14 formulae / formulas

13 / 14 electronic parts / electronics-parts

13 / 14 papers... / papers....

13 / 14 had his man / had this man

13 / 14 right place... / right place....

13 / 15 whisky / whiskey

13 / 15 And then, suddenly his voice / And then, suddenly, his voice

14 / 15 nine basic — that’s basic — patents / nine basic — that’s basic patents

14 / 16 DuPont / Du Pont

14 / 16 midday on Anthea / midday of Anthea

14 / 16 oversensitive / over-sensitive

15 / 17 people... / people....

15 / 17 There was no expression on the lawyer’s face. But his voice was wry. / There was no expression on the lawyer’s face, but his voice was wry.

15 / 17 has elegance, Mr. Newton,” he said, “How much money / has elegance, Mr. Newton,” he said. “How much money

16 / 18 Ten per cent / Ten percent

16 / 18 Five per cent / Five percent

16 / 18 Fifteen per cent / Fifteen percent

17 / 19 echo... / echo....

17 / 19 westerns / Westerns

17 / 20 A cold place dying; but one for which he could be homesick, a place where / A cold place dying, but one for which he could be homesick; a place where

17 / 20 soap, washcloth and towel / soap, washcloth, and towel

18 / 20 dollars... / dollars....

18 / 21 tell... / tell....

18 / 22 afternoon Professor / afternoon, Professor

18 / 22 firecrackers and / firecrackers, and

19 / 23 whimsey / whimsy

19 / 23 Midwestern / midwestern

19 / 23 overdemanding / over-demanding

19 / 23 unlovely acids, / unlovely acids;

19 / 23 blank dismay / black dismay

19 / 24 drank it off / drank it up

20 / 24 [Auden quote is italicized in both but Gold Medal also has it enclosed in quotation marks]

20 / 25 somewhere... / somewhere....

21 / 26 suppertime / supper-time

21 / 26 and cup / and a cup

21 / 26 going in to / going into

21 / 27 National Geographics / National Geographics

21 / 27 red scarf or scarlet handkerchief / red scarf handkerchief

22 / 27 Afterwards / Afterward

22 / 28 In The New, New Color Sensation WORLDCOLOR [GM has this in all caps with WORLDCOLOR in a larger size]

22 / 28 “R” / R

22 / 28 trade mark / trademark

22 / 28 “Registered by W. E. Corp.” / Registered by W. E. Corp.

23 / 29 bass sounds / bass sound

23 / 29 Oh Lordie, Pick A Bale Of Cotton! Oh Lordie... Next to him at the bar a girl, breastless beneath the red leather jacket of the “New Beats,” was talking to a sad-eyed Negress about the “structure” of poetry / Oh Lordie, Pick a Bale of Cotton! Oh Lordie... Next to him at the bar a white girl was talking to a sad-eyed girl about the “structure” of poetry [the disappeared red jacket shows up on p. 30 of Del Rey Impact]

24 / 30 when they got out of school, new-shaven / when they got out of school, shaven

24 / 30 the “W” of “W.E. Corp” / the W of W. E. corp

24 / 30 And the “E”? / And the E?

25 / 31 I didn’t... / I didn’t—

25 / 31 200 to 1000 / 200 to 3,000

25 / 31 My God! he thought, The speed / My God! he thought, the speed

25 / 32 “Four dollars / “Six dollars

25 / 32 the words, SELF-DEVELOPING. And it struck him, Why haven’t / the words, Self-Developing. And it struck him. Why haven’t

26 / 32 W.E. Corp / W. E. Corp

26 / 32 four crumpled bills / six crumpled bills

26 / 32 putting the box, gingerly, in his coat pocket / putting the box gingerly in his coat pocket

26 / 33 35 millimeter / 35-millimeter

26 / 33 lifelike / life-like

26 / 33 He whistled aloud, and said / He whistled aloud and said

27 / 33 about this thing / about the thing

27 / 33 busy... / busy....

27 / 34 planet... / planet....

27 / 35 high-heels / high heels

27 / 35 oversensitive / over-sensitive

[Del Rey Impact doesn’t capitalize earth on p 35]

27 / 35 WORLD ENTERPRISES CORPORATION / World Enterprises Corporation

[Gold Medal has W. E. (with space) on p 28]

28 / 37 O.V. Farnsworth / O. Y. Farnsworth [note not just spacing but V becomes Y]

28 / 37 huge, grotesquely ornamented, Caffieri desk / huge, grotesquely ornamented Caffieri desk

29 / 37 photographic film and radiation detectors / photographic film, and radiation detectors

29 / 37 dumfounded / dumbfounded

29 / 38 electronics, chemistry and optics / electronics, chemistry, and optics

30 / 39 occasional watching, / occasional watching;

30 / 39 project... / project....

30 / 39 non-profit / nonprofit

30 / 40 U. S. / U.S.

31 / 40 antitrust / anti-trust

31 / 41 labelling / labeling

31 / 41 pigeon’s-egg blue / pigeon’s-egg-blue

32 / 43 expression, / expression;

32 / 43 that is tricky / this is tricky

32 / 43 more projects now, than / more projects now than

33 / 43 if I... / if I —

33 / 44 research is... / research is —

33 / 44 “My God!” he said / “My God,” he said

33 / 44 wrist watch / wrist-watch

33 / 44 smelled / smelt

34 / 45 mean... / mean....

34 / 45 cap guns... / cap guns.

34 / 46 summertime / summer time

35 / 47 W.E. Corp / W. E. Corp

35 / 47 gutturals / gutterals

35 / 48 self-regarding and bitter / self-regarding, and bitter

36 / 48 He had watched American, British, and Russian television for fifteen years. At one time his superiors had planned to make contact with the Russians, since they were more technically advanced than the Americans, more likely, by themselves, to reach Anthea first; but the more various American economy, as well as the freedom of movement possible within the country, had finally decided them in its favor. They had collected a huge library of monitored and recorded television broadcasts, and by the time, thirty years ago, when America had begun continuous television broadcasting, they had already deciphered most of the subtleties of the language from FM radio broadcasts. / He had watched American, British, and Russian television for fifteen years. His colleagues had collected a huge library of monitored and recorded television broadcasts, and by the time, forty years ago, when America had begun continuous television broadcasting, they had already deciphered most of the subtleties of the language from FM radio broadcasts.

36 / 49 ape-like / apelike

37 / 49 decision... / decision....

37 / 49 real-estate / real estate

37 / 49 sullen, heavy and agonizingly / sullen, heavy, and agonizingly

37 / 49 dizzy, confused and weak / dizzy, confused, and weak

37 / 50 air conditioned / air-conditioned

37 / 50 brass doors, Newton said / brass doors. Newton said
[flow is better with comma]

38 / 50 home... / home....

38 / 51 know... / know....

38 / 51 legs... / legs....

38 / 51 x-rays... / X-rays....
[GM has capital X on p. 56 and, I think, everywhere else]

38 / 51 “You been bad hurt.” / “You been hurt bad.”

39 / 52 drink... / drink....

39 / 52 pay you... / pay you....

40 / 53 the briefcase open, on the desk / the briefcase open on the desk

40 / 53 help to heal his leg / help heal his leg

40 / 53 superintendant / superintendent

40 / 54 No he did not / No, he did not

40 / 54 Yes he would / Yes, he would

41 / 55 air conditioner / air-conditioner

41 / 56 bird-like / birdlike

41 / 56 the kind of lazy abstraction / a kind of lazy abstraction

41 / 56 sack / bag

42 / 57 high class / high-class

42 / 57 whatever happened all would be well / whatever happened, all would be well

42 / 57 thirty years since the end of World War II / forty years since the end of World War II

42 / 58 sun-tanned / suntanned

43 / 58 County Poor Relief / Country Poor Relief
[It’s county in both books later, 82 / 118]

43 / 59 swimming and / swimming, and

44 / 59 him and he, like / him and, he, like

44 / 59 half belief / half-belief

44 / 60 drank it off / drank it up

45 / 62 make-up / makeup

45 / 62 crimson tights / crimson pants
[GM has it as pants later in the same paragraph.]

46 / 63 transparent skin. And / transparent skin, and

46 / 64 un-sexual / unsexual

47 / 64 make-up / makeup

47 / 65 real-estate people / real estate people

47 / 65 sauterne / Sauterne

47 / 65 He probably didn’t even know what it was all about. / He probably didn’t know what it was all about.

48 / 65 “The pants was twenty-four fifty and the blouse was twenty / “The pants was sixty-five and the blouse was fifty

48 / 66 medicare / Medicare

48 / 66 “Yes I do need you,” he said / “Yes, I do need you,” he said.

48 / 66 very few people... / very few people....

49 / 67 the expensive clothes / her expensive clothes

49 / 68 whisky / whiskey

49 / 68 broomstraw / broom straw

50 / 69 whisky / whiskey

50 / 69 dog-like / doglike

50 / 70 The house? “How far is it?” / “The house? How far is it?”

50 / 70 the man who had invented / the man who invented

50 / 70 re-usable / reusable

51 / 70 a tall man though / a tall man, though

51 / 71 earth-mover / earthmover

52 / 71 dark shadow / dark shadows

52 / 72 [Del Rey has French text in italics]

52 / 72 Monsieur, le Docteur / Monsieur le Docteur

53 / 73 dim yellowish / dim, yellowish

53 / 73 overcorrect / over-correct

54 / 74 to add, “if you / to add, “If you

54 / 75 there was warmth / there was a warmth

55 / 75 one sort of another / one sort or another

[obvious typo correction]

55 / 75 common enough... / common enough....

55 / 76 fuel carrying / fuel-carrying
[hyphen at line break but it’s probably a hyphenate and not one word]

55 / 76 whisky / whiskey

55 / 76 silvery / silver

57 / 79 resins and ceramics / resins, and ceramics

57 / 79 a staff of fourteen beneath him / a staff of fourteen under him

57 / 79 carte blanche / carte blanche

57 / 79 Louisville, Chicago or New York / Louisville, Chicago, or New York

58 / 80 temperature and / temperature, and

59 / 81 by 1980 / by 1990

59 / 81 diagrams, a schematic of the cooling system that was supposed to eliminate reentry heat, and / diagrams—a schematic of the cooling system that was supposed to eliminate re-entry heat—and

59 / 82 half moon / half-moon

60 / 85 1975: RUMPLESTILTSKIN / 1988: Rumplestiltskin

61 / 88 paintings and cats / paintings, and cats

61 / 88 ten-year old / ten-year-old

62 / 88 thin, white and hairy / thin, white, and hairy

62 / 89 some kind of a metal-working shop / some kind of metalworking shop

63 / 91 or an aging Hamlet. Or the mad scientist, planning discreetly to blow up the world, or an unostentatious Cortes / or an aging Hamlet; or the mad scientist, planning discreetly to blow up the world; or an unostentatious Cortés

63 / 91 Cortes notion / Cortés notion

64 / 91 Cortes had / Cortés had

65 / 93 Ichabod Crane Hamlet Cortes / Ichabod Crane — Hamlet — Cortés

65 / 93 by spaceship, in / by spaceship in

65 / 93 He felt high too. / He felt high, too.

66 / 95 Far South / far South

66 / 95 alone all right / alone, all right

66 / 95 coordinating / co-ordinating

67 / 95 missile-like / missilelike

67 / 96 “If He comes,” Bryce said, “He’d better watch His step.” “I imagine He’ll remember what happened to Him the last time,” Newton said. / “If he comes,” Bryce said, “he’d better watch his step.” “I imagine he’ll remember what happened to him the last time,” Newton said.

67 / 96 Bryce was relieved; / Bryce was relieved:

67 / 96 The Fall Of Icarus / The Fall of Icarus [also 69 / 98–99]

68 / 97 sky... / sky...

68 / 97 blue, dress shirt / blue dress shirt

69 / 98 dustbowls / dust bowls

69 / 98 dictators, demagogues and hedonists / dictators, demagogues, and hedonists

69 / 98 hot-shot / hotshot

69 / 98 hot-shot / hotshot

69 / 98 the man more likely / the man likely

69 / 99 “Quit playing intellectual games, Bryce.” You pays your money and you takes your choice: Mars or Massachusetts? / “Quit playing intellectual games, Bryce. You pays your money and you takes your choice: Mars or Massachusetts?”

69 / 99 second coming / Second Coming
[GM has Second Comer on p. 70]

69 / 99 had invented flight / had invented flights

70 / 99 totty / drunk [x2]

70 / 99 Christ Himself drank wine, and He came down from Heaven / Christ himself drank wine and he came down from heaven

70 / 100 Cortes / Cortés

70 / 100 Logarithms to the base twelve. And what else? He stood up and took his cup to the stove for more coffee. While the brown pill was dissolving he tried to piece together Newton’s conversation of the day before—that weird conversation on the log at lakeside—and to discover, if he could, whether or not he was reading too much into Newton’s words, whether he was stupidly mistaking a crackpot genius for a man from Mars. You pays your money and you takes your choice.... / Logarithms to the base twelve. And what else? And what else?

71 / 102 god-awful / godawful

71 / 102 a man who has / a man who had

71 / 102 love, pity and reverence / love, pity, and reverence

71 / 102 And, he had found / And, he found

72 / 103 never-used / never used

72 / 103 He looked down at it fondly / He looked at it fondly

73 / 104 tonal systems / tonal system

73 / 105 multi-directional speaker system / octaphonic speaker system

73 / 105 sound sources and the like / sound sources, and the like

73 / 105 M.S. degrees / MS degrees

73 / 105 into his study / into the study

73 / 105 W. E. Corp. held / W. E. Corporation held
[interestingly the amount of money mentioned, twenty million dollars, is the same in both editions]

73 / 105 you pressed a button and / you pressed a button, and

74 / 105 esthetic / aesthetic

74 / 105 a gin bottle / the gin bottle
[this should probably be as in GM as he gets another gin bottle later. Perhaps the second gin bottle isn’t “on the shelf” but “a gin bottle” is still more consistent with what we know]

74 / 106 he shouted. “What in hell is it?” / he shouted, “What the hell is it?”

74 / 106 had to get you...” / had to get you....”

74 / 106 nearly-full / nearly full

74 / 106 [song lyrics in quotes / song lyrics in italics]

75 / 107 talking about war / talking about the war

75 / 107 [song lyrics in quotes / song lyrics in italics]

75 / 107 princess’ life / princess’s life

75 / 107 princess’ child / princess’s child

75 / 107 overconfidence / over-confidence

75 / 108 [song lyrics in quotes / song lyrics in italics]

76 / 108 The head gained a voice, saying, “...why it is that, as we approach the year of anniversary, that year emblazoned on the hearts of all free men, the year, my friends, the year of our Lord 1976, the two hundredth anniversary of the United States as a free and independent nation / The head gained a voice, saying, “... of the United States as a free and independent nation

76 / 109 pajamas / pyjamas

76 / 109 always one smiling Negro in each group / always one smiling black person in each group

76 / 109 night club / nightclub

76 / 109 at his hand / at his hands

77 / 110 tweezer-like / tweezerlike

78 / 111 photography... / photography....

78 / 112 the problem if not from his thoughts at least / the problem, if not from his thoughts, at least

78 / 112 his would-be fireplace / the would-be fireplace

78 / 112 The Fall Of Icarus / The Fall of Icarus

79 / 113 make-up / makeup

80 / 114 smelled / smelt

80 / 114 smelled / smelt

81 / 115 any more / anymore

81 / 116 He could oil her up with a little gin, let her stare at the fire for awhile / He could oil her with a little gin, let her stare at the fire for a while

84 / 120 W. E. Corp. / W. E. Corporation

84 / 120 grillwork / grill-work

84 / 120 W.E. Corp. / W. E. Corporation

84 / 122 “on”, / “on,”

86 / 124 The Fall Of Icarus / The Fall of Icarus

86 / 124 plowing / ploughing

87 / 125 tapwater / tap water

89 / 127 sun-tanned / suntanned
[There’s an error here. Tevis makes a point of saying “It was Bryce’s turn now to stand. He did not want to sit and be forced to face Newton” but then a few paragraphs later we get “Bryce was still seated”. No more than a moment or two has passed and there’s nothing said about Bryce’s sitting.]

89 / 127 doorsill / door frame

89 / 127 snow... / snow....

89 / 128 excitement and / excitement, and

89 / 128 air duct / air-duct

89 / 128 over test tube racks / over the test tube racks

90 / 128 cartilagenous cervical vertibrae / cartilaginous cervical vertibrae

90 / 129 W.E. Corp / W. E. Corp

90 / 130 seemd / seemed

90 / 131 a confusion / the confusion

91 / 131 purposively / purposely

91 / 132 you’re one too / you’re one, too

91 / 132 May your days be merry / May your day be merry

92 / 133 well-dressed / well dressed

92 / 133 Why you can’t / Why, you can’t

92 / 133 electro-magnets / electromagnets

93 / 135 his discomfiture gone now / his discomfiture now gone

94 / 136 white haired / white-haired

94 / 136 sixty thousand a year / eighty thousand a year

95 / 136 burnt / burned

95 / 137 the ends... / the ends....

96 / 138 mannikin / mannequin

98 / 140 heavily-carpeted / heavily carpeted

99 / 141 held it, speculatively / held it speculatively

99 / 141 drink enough / drink long enough

100 / 144 space ship / space-ship [or spaceship — hyphen is at a line break]

102 / 145 against it... / against it....

102 / 146 passenger pigeon destiny / passenger-pigeon destiny

103 / 146 earth / Earth

104 / 149 earth / Earth

105 / 150 the color that you call ‘red.’ / the color that you call red

106 / 150 ‘human’, / “human,”

108 / 153 airplane / plane

108 / 153 plane too / plane, too

110 / 157 “unregistered alien;” / “unregistered alien”;

110 / 157 thought he was from / thought he was — from

110 / 157 Still it was / Still, it was

111 / 158 bone, liver and kidneys / bone, liver, and kidneys

111 / 159 doctor / Doctor

111 / 159 Newton smiled at that. / Newton smiled at him.

112 / 159 Doctor Martinez / Martinez

112 / 160 a local anesthetic / local anesthetic

113 / 161 samples from the marrow of your spinal vertebra / samples of the marrow of your spinal vertebrae

113 / 161 blood... / blood —

113 / 162 might be / may be

114 / 162 Doctor Martinez / Dr. Martinez

114 / 163 prettily.... / prettily...

114 / 163 his back except for the bandages was / his back, except for the bandages, was

115 / 163 In one such speech his name had been mentioned. They would hardly risk brainwashing him. They were hardly going to have plenty of difficulty in keeping him from coming to trial, in explaining their motives for holding him. / In one such speech his name had been mentioned. The word “cover-up” was used several times.

115 / 163 Their only logical reason / The only logical reason

115 / 164 Being imprisoned as he was was no problem for him / Being imprisoned as he was, was no problem for him

116 / 166 entranceway / entrance-way

117 / 167 afterwards / afterward

118 / 168 an Anthean too / an Anthean, too

119 / 170 to continue with the plan / to continue the plan

119 / 170 sestinas, villanelles, ballades / sestinas, villanelles, ballades

119 / 170 alexandrines / Alexandrine

120 / 172 undersecretary / under-secretary

120 / 172 Besides the room / Besides, the room

121 / 172 I was born there in 1903 / I was born there in 1918

121 / 172 That would make you 73 years old / That would make you seventy years old

121 / 173 a 1903 record / a 1918 record

122 / 173 68 years old / sixty-five years old

122 / 174 until I was 68 / until I was sixty-five

122 / 174 at the age of 68 / at the age of sixty-five

123 / 175 ill at ease / ill-at-ease

123 / 175 going / gong [typo]

124 / 177 for nineteen cents / for a dollar

125 / 177 Modern governments move in mysterious ways. Their wonders to perform. / Modern governments move in mysterious ways, their wonders to perform.

125 / 178 that recording / the recording

125 / 178 that tape / the tape

126 / 179 offhand / off-hand

127 / 188 “It just happens that this is 1976. And 1976 is an election year. The President is already campaigning fo a second term, and he has it on good authority—did you know that the President uses us, in the CIA, to spy on the other party?—that the Republicans are going to turn this whole business into something like the Dreyfus case if we don’t either bring adequate charges against you or turn you loose with profuse apologies all around.” / “It just happens that this is 1988. And 1988 is an election year. The President is already campaigning for a second term, and he has it on good authority—did you know that Watergate changed nothing—nothing—the President uses us, in the CIA, to spy on the other party?—that the Republicans are going to turn this whole business into something like the Dreyfus case if we don’t either bring adequate charges against you or turn you loose with profuse apologies all around.”

127 / 180 worked up into a lather / worked up into a later [typo]

128 / 183 W.E. Corp. / W. E. Corporation

129 / 184 mysterious ways their wonders to perform / mysterious ways, their wonders to perform

131 / 187 tweezer-like / tweezerlike

133 / 190 chess-like / chesslike

135 / 195 1976: ICARUS DROWNING / 1990: Icarus Drowning

135 / 197 1976 / 1990

136 / 198 LP albums / quadraphonic albums

136 / 198 the language. but / the language, but

136 / 198 recorded by “the third renaissance,” merchants of the really far out. twenty-three sullivan street, new york... recorded by “the third renaissance,” twenty-three sullivan street, new york....

136 / 198 dapper young Negro / dapper young black

136 / 198 in the village / in the Village

136 / 199 Chain... / Chain....

136 / 199 had gone out in the sixties / had gone out in the seventies

137 / 200 Could he rush over from the bar, clutching his whiskey and soda, and, say, “I’ve changed my mind in the past year. I want the Antheans to take over after all. I’ve been reading the newspapers, and now I want the Antheans to take over.”? /Could he rush over from the bar, clutching his whiskey and soda, and say, “I’ve changed my mind in the past year. I want the Antheans to take over, after all. I’ve been reading the newspapers, and now I want the Antheans to take over.”

138 / 201 “Well.” Newton finished / “Well,” Newton finished

139 / 202 What had they done to him? Had they only blinded him? For a moment he thought, in wonder, of Orwell’s hero of 1984—only eight years from now, that would be—Winston Smith at the end of the torture, his mind and body destroyed, sitting in a bar and drinking free Victory gin, waiting for the government to put a bullet in his head. / What had they done to him? Had they only blinded him?

140 / 203 shame, despair or fatigue / shame, despair, or fatigue

140 / 203 naïve / naive

140 / 203 naïve / naive

140 / 204 medicare / Medicare

142 / 206 to save us after all / to save us, after all

142 / 206 the newly placed gin bottle / a newly placed gin bottle

143 / 207 checkbook / check book

143 / 207 checkbook / check

143 / 207 the figure $1,000,000.00. / the figures $1,000,000.

143 / 208 air conditioner / air-conditioner

143 / 208 Well I wish you / Well, I wish you

144 / 208 do something with some money / do something with the money

144 / 208 onto / on to