| Title: | Arcana Caelestia |
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| Moderator: | NETRIX::thomas |
| Created: | Thu Dec 08 1983 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Jun 05 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
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This is another "What is this book" request. The book in question
was published by Doubleday in the early 1970's in hardback. It
was about a totalitarian society in the US and how a few folks
revolted and escaped with the help of a marvelous invention. The
invention was a shrinking machine. It could shrink people to a
height of less than a few inches. Other objects could be shrunk also
in proportion. The folks use the device to hide from the authorities
and live in peace. One interesting thing, besides the rationale
used to explain the shrinking, was the beneficial side effect the
shrinking had on people. It made them healthier or something like
that. I thought it was called "The God Machine" but the only book
with that title is some kind of computer story by Martin Caidin.
I don't think it is by a big-name author but I really don't know
for sure. I don't think it ever came out in paperback. I borrowed
the copy I read from the Kansas City Public Library. Anybody heard
of it?
Mike
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| 346.1 | sorry, I can't resist... | OLIVER::OSBORNE | John D. Osborne | Thu Jun 19 1986 14:43 | 9 |
re: 346.0 > I borrowed the copy I read from the Kansas City Public Library. > Anybody heard of it? Ummm, no, but I suppose any major city has a public library... :^) SORRYSORRYSORRY JO | |||||
| 346.2 | PERHAPS.... | EDEN::KLAES | It obstructs my view of Venus! | Thu Jun 19 1986 15:19 | 5 |
Perhaps it is the book "The Micronauts"? I'm not certain ,
though.
Larry
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| 346.3 | CSC32::M_BAKER | Thu Jun 19 1986 21:09 | 12 | ||
re:.1
You may have something there. The last library I tried was the
Cedar Rapids Public Library in CR Iowa. I guess it doesn't
qualify as a major city. Since I now live in Colorado Springs,
I'll give this library a try.
re:.2
I'll take a look for "The Mirconauts" also. Is this the one
where the people get shrunk as an experiment and the whole
thing takes place in someone's back yard?
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| 346.4 | AKOV68::BOYAJIAN | Did I err? | Wed Jun 25 1986 02:08 | 10 | |
It's not THE MICRONAUTS (by Gordon Williams, by the way), as that
wasn't published until 1977, and never in hardcover.
Whatever it may be, I haven't read it. The only other obscure sf
novel having to do with shrinking is COLD WAR IN A COUNTRY GARDEN,
which was published in hardcover by Putnam in 1971. There was a
sequel a couple of years later: KILLER PINE. A third novel came
out only in England: FRATRICIDE IS A GAS.
--- jerry
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