Any books on shrinking characters / miniaturization?

[Preston]

I've read Fantastic Voyage, by Asimov, but I'm looking more for something on not such a small scale. A SF or Fantasy book where characters are shrunk down, and have to face new dangers in the everyday household would be fun.

Kind of like that movie "Hunny I Shrunk the Kids" but not so childish.

Any reccomendations?

 

[Rane Longfox]

The Borrowers

 

[ravenus]

This book would be right up your alley:
The Incredible Shrinking Man - Richard Matheson

 

[merritt]

of men & monsters. by wiliam tenn

Not shrunken but people occupying the eco-niche of bugs or mice do to giant invader society.

been a while since I read it. here is a linkwith info i googled.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0575072342/104-2803696-7784704?v=glance

 

[Leto]

In the Seedling stars by James Blish, there's a story about miniaturized adapted men.

You can also check The Men inside by Barry Malzberg, which re-use the technology presented in Asimov book in a totally new way.

 

[Jayaprakash Satyamurthy]

I second the Matheson book - an excellent character study and an epic struggle in microscopic scale and the Malzberg book. Malzberg is a gloomy cuss, but he's also one of the finest writers to grace the genre.

 

[Frey Slayer]

There are a some "worlds" in the Otherland series by Tad Williams that deal with this very issue. A group of people are trapped "online" in a virtual reality universe and travel from world to world. One world I think, in fact, is a giant kitchen. Another was designed by an entomologist to study insects, the characters find themselves the size of insects in a forest environment. The entomologists home is a small bubble trapped in a swirling current in a small stream.
The plot has problems but Williams imagination is wonderful. I remember his "worlds" with crystal clarity.

 

[Preston]

Thanks, I've been thinking about reading the Otherland series, but haven't been sure if I will like it. It is anything like The Dark Tower series by King? I really liked that, and it was about a group of characters that walked into many new and wierd worlds. I may just have to check out Otherland now.

 

[Rane Longfox]

Nmm, not really. Its set on the internet. Kind of...

It's odd, you'll understand if you read it

 

[Frey Slayer]

Actually Preston I recently responded to your post about the Dark Tower. I completely agreed with what you wrote about it.
You might want to read about the series over in the Tad Williams section to get a feel for what you are getting yourself into. The series is quite a bit of work to get through. I feel that it was worth it though. I really feel like I went through the different worlds with the characters. I still carry many of the scenes with me and recall them often.