The Shrinking Man

The Strange Case of Mr. C. (orig. The Shrinking Man ) is a 1956 science fiction novel published by the U.S. writer Richard Matheson. The first German -language transfer created Werner Gronwald. It appeared in 1960 under the title The Incredible Mister C. by Heyne Verlag, Munich.

Action

Mr. Scott Carey and his wife take a normal boat ride on the sea. As Scott's wife goes below deck, Scott is captured by a mysterious fog.

After the incident, he continues to live his normal life, but then fall on changes in him.

First his clothes to him have become too big. As he is also still small, he hopes for medical help. The doctors are puzzled and can not do anything to make the shrinkage reversed.

Scott's wife is horrified and is now doing everything it can to help him. Scott's state unit to the public and is now a target of curious people and the media. His married life is put to a severe test. As it shrinks more and more, it even the domestic cat is scary, even hazardous.

Filming

The book was made ​​into a film in 1957 by Jack Arnold, under the title The Incredible Shrinking Man ( The Incredible Mr. C. ). The screenplay was written by the author himself

• Literary work
• Science fiction literature
• Novel, epic
• Literature ( English )
• Literature (United States)
• Literature ( 20th century)
• Richard Matheson