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The Incredible Shrinking Man - Richard Matheson, Yuri Rasovsky
The Incredible Shrinking Man
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Richard Matheson, the New York Times Bestselling author of What Dreams May Come and I Am Legend, achieved early fame by penning this unforgettable novel, which became the basis for the Hugo Award-winning 1957 film, The Incredible Shrinking Man. His compelling vision of one ordinary man's gradual... show more
Richard Matheson, the New York Times Bestselling author of What Dreams May Come and I Am Legend, achieved early fame by penning this unforgettable novel, which became the basis for the Hugo Award-winning 1957 film, The Incredible Shrinking Man. His compelling vision of one ordinary man's gradual descent into a microscopic world remains one of the acknowledged classics of horror and science fiction.
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Format: audiobook
ISBN: 9781433212604 (1433212609)
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Minutes: 7
Edition language: English
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Lolanta
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Flicker Reads
Flicker Reads rated it
3.0
An interesting story, first published in the 1950s. On the surface, the story of a man's struggles as he shrinks into nothingness. Beyond that, it is a story that highlights themes of emasculation and impotence in the face of the demands of modern society, almost as if Arthur Miller had written a sc...
Sesana
Sesana rated it
It's kind of nice when the title of a book is also a perfect, if brief, description of the plot. The shrinking man of the title is Scott, who is shrinking exactly 1/7 of an inch every day. We're watching him during his last week before vanishing entirely, trapped in a basement with little food or wa...
FriedEgg
FriedEgg rated it
Matheson does pretty much everything he can to ensure the protagonist is hard to sympathise with for most of the book. He is consumed with rage, bitterness and fury at the hand the universe has dealt him. He is entirely self-absorbed, lashing out at his friends, family and the world. No one understa...
dearmfield
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4.0 The Incredible Shrinking Man
I liked the whole story...was a little anxious to get to end of book to find out what happen to the man. In a way i think it would of been better for him to wake on the last day and be normal size again....leave u thinkin' will it start all over again??Richard Matheson I'll say it again is one of my...
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