The Shrinking Man

He spent his time reading
by Richard Matheson | Science Fiction & Fantasy |
ISBN: 0795315708 Global Overview for this book
Registered by wingGoryDetailswing of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 10/15/2019
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Journal Entry 1 by wingGoryDetailswing from Nashua, New Hampshire USA on Tuesday, October 15, 2019
I got this hardcover, a book club edition with jacket art by Dean Morrissey, at a local Savers thrift shop. It inspired the classic 1957 film about a man who begins to shrink, with his life falling apart as his symptoms take him from "clothes no longer fit" to "mistaken for a child" to "so small the cat chases him" - and while this might sound a bit silly, the presentation is involving and quite chilling.

[There's a TV Tropes page on the film, with some entertaining tidbits.]

Released 4 yrs ago (10/20/2019 UTC) at Little Free Library, Milford United Methodist Church in Milford, New Hampshire USA

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I left this book in the Little Free Library; hope someone enjoys it!

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*** Released for the 2019 Science Fiction release challenge. ***

*** Released for the 2019 Movie release challenge. ***

Journal Entry 3 by wingGoryDetailswing at Nashua, New Hampshire USA on Monday, December 5, 2022
I found this book still in the same Little Free Library after several years - and showing signs of damage. I reclaimed it in hopes of being able to patch it up, but it turns out that too many pages were stuck together, torn, and/or faded; looks like water damage, perhaps from a leaky seam inside the LFL - if the book were pressed against it for a long time even a small leak could lead to problems.

So it's the compost heap for the book, which I'll mark as "traveling" to indicate its journey to that great library in the beyond...

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