Wherein We Elect Our Favourite Novels of 1956

I think Shrinking man was actually on tv here last night. I wondered if it was the same thing.
Hoped it might be on again soon cos I saw one scene towards teh end.

This is Giovanni's Room for me.

― Vanishing Point (Chinaski)

Right on. Very surprised I had to read this far down the thread to see someone else saying it. It's a no-brainer for me.

Sadly never read that one. I voted for Train to Pakistan, which I don't remember the details of clearly but do recall being strongly affected by

A jolt to have Matheson, Bester & Vance lined up like that, if you are nerdcore enough to recognize them as Grand Masters of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Vance is the overt Fantasist at tymes; the other two always have at least some sort of Scientific Romance as launching pad. Can't quite remember if The Shrinking Man the novel shares w The Incredible Shrinking Man flick the exposure of Man to nuclear pollution, a result more of bomb tests than Hiroshima and Nagasaki, I think, but either way, that's life, so deal with it, as the Man does, in the methodical Matheson way, with cosmic realization at end not so much allegorical as organic experience continued, at least for now.
The Stars My Destination is prob even better or more to my taste, a richer broth, a headier brew, but as always will go w best remembered, so for this year it's Matheson again.

Ending of the Shrinking Man film is so trippy that I can only imagine it must come from the novel.

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Wherein We Elect Our Favourite Novels of 1957