The Shrinking Man

1956 novel by Richard Matheson
VisualArtwork literary_work Q1219445
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The Shrinking Man

Summary

The Shrinking Man is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,005 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Shrinking Man authored Richard Matheson[3].
  • The Shrinking Man's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • The Shrinking Man's publisher is recorded as Gold Medal Books[5].
  • The Shrinking Man's genre is recorded as science fiction[6].
  • The Shrinking Man's follows is recorded as I Am Legend[7].
  • The Shrinking Man's followed by is recorded as A Stir of Echoes[8].
  • The Shrinking Man's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • The Shrinking Man's country of origin is recorded as United States[10].
  • The Shrinking Man's publication date is recorded as +1956-00-00T00:00:00Z[11].
  • The Shrinking Man's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/080pxf3[12].
  • The Shrinking Man's Open Library ID is recorded as OL64219W[13].
  • The Shrinking Man's cover art by is recorded as Mitchell Hooks[14].
  • The Shrinking Man's has edition or translation is recorded as The Shrinking Man[15].
  • The Shrinking Man's has edition or translation is recorded as Q122133212[16].
  • The Shrinking Man's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 21209[17].
  • The Shrinking Man's ISFDB title ID is recorded as 6610[18].
  • The Shrinking Man's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Shrinking Man'}[19].
  • The Shrinking Man's Vegetti Catalog of Fantastic Literature NILF ID is recorded as 1054846[20].
  • The Shrinking Man's derivative work is recorded as The Shrinking Man[21].
  • The Shrinking Man's derivative work is recorded as The Incredible Shrinking Man[22].
  • The Shrinking Man's NooSFere book ID is recorded as 2746[23].
  • The Shrinking Man's FantLab work ID is recorded as 18646[24].
  • The Shrinking Man's form of creative work is recorded as novel[25].
  • The Shrinking Man's Goodreads work ID is recorded as 936694[26].

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Works and Contributions

The Shrinking Man authored Richard Matheson[3].

Why It Matters

The Shrinking Man ranks in the top 1% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,005 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Goodreads. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 25d ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Author Richard Matheson
    Language of work or name English
    Followed by A Stir of Echoes
    Publisher Gold Medal Books
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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