About the book: 1993 / Is it possible to turn into a Thumb Thumb? While boating, Scott Carey was caught in a cloud of radioactive splashes. Matheson brilliantly depicts a situation where radiation causes a rapid “shrinking” of the human body, forcing the hero to take a different look at the inhabitants of our planet, when insects and spiders are giant opponents. Other titles: “The Incredible Shrinking Man”, “Shrinking Man”».