The Incredible Shrinking Man

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, the result of exposure to a radioactive cloud. He becomes a national spectacle, a freak that is bullied by teenagers and disrespected by everyone. 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.

This is the terrifying novel that inspired the classic Hugo Award¿winning motion picture, also written by Richard Matheson.

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The Incredible Shrinking Man

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, the result of exposure to a radioactive cloud. He becomes a national spectacle, a freak that is bullied by teenagers and disrespected by everyone. 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.

This is the terrifying novel that inspired the classic Hugo Award¿winning motion picture, also written by Richard Matheson.

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The Incredible Shrinking Man

The Incredible Shrinking Man

by Richard Matheson

Narrated by Yuri Rasovsky

Unabridged — 7 hours, 53 minutes

The Incredible Shrinking Man

The Incredible Shrinking Man

by Richard Matheson

Narrated by Yuri Rasovsky

Unabridged — 7 hours, 53 minutes

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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, the result of exposure to a radioactive cloud. He becomes a national spectacle, a freak that is bullied by teenagers and disrespected by everyone. 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.

This is the terrifying novel that inspired the classic Hugo Award¿winning motion picture, also written by Richard Matheson.


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From the Publisher

"The author who influenced me the most as a writer was Richard Matheson."—Stephen King

"One of the most important writers of the twentieth century."—Ray Bradbury

"Matheson is one of the great names in American terror fiction."—The Philadelphia Inquirer

"Matheson inspires, it's as simple as that."—Brian Lumley

Product Details

BN ID: 2940169782936
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Publication date: 01/01/2006
Edition description: Unabridged

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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.

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