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The Shrinking Man

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The Shrinking Man

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Author: Richard Matheson
Publisher: Gollancz, 2003
Tor, 2001
Gregg Press, 1979
Doubleday, 1956
Series: Gregg Press Science Fiction Series: Book 66
Book Type: Novel
Genre: Science-Fiction
Sub-Genre Tags: Mutants
Mundane SF
Pulp
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Film & Television Adaptations

The Incredible Shrinking Man

The Incredible Shrinking Man

Universal Pictures
2/22/1957

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The Incredible Shrinking Woman

The Incredible Shrinking Woman

Universal Pictures
1/30/1981

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Synopsis

Inch by inch, day by day, Scott Carey is getting smaller. Once an unremarkable husband and father, Scott finds himself shrinking with no end in sight. His wife and family turn into unreachable giants, the family cat becomes a predatory menace, and Scott must struggle to survive in a world that seems to be growing ever larger and more perilous--until he faces the ultimate limits of fear and existence.

Subsequently re-published as The Incredible Shrinking Man.


Excerpt

Chapter One

First he thought it was a tidal wave. Then he saw that the sky and ocean were visible through it and it was a curtain of spray rushing at the boat.

He'd been sunbathing on top of the cabin. It was just coincidence that he pushed up on his elbow and saw it coming.

"Marty!" he yelled. There was no answer. He scuttled across the hot wood and slid down the deck. "Hey, Marty!"

The spray didn't look menacing, but for some reason he wanted to avoid it. he ran around the cabin, wincing at the hot planks underfoot. It would be a race.

Which he lost. One moment he was in sunlight. The next he was being soaked by the warm, glittering spray.

Then it was past. He stood there watching it sweep across the water, sun-glowing drops of it covering him. Suddenly he twitched and looked down. There was a curious tingling on his skin.

He grabbed for a towel and dried himself. It wasn't so much pain as a pleasant stinging, like that of lotion on newly shaven cheeks.

Then he was dry and the feeling was almost gone. He went below and woke up his brother and told him about the curtain of spray that had run across the boat.

It was the beginning.

Copyright © 1956 by Richard Matheson


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