It appears someone found the giant mantis mentioned earlier this week.
The description sounds like classic cold war stuff:
“Dilke had been miniaturized, first man in a daring experiment to solve Earth’s hideous overcrowding. He was just quarter of an inch high and there was no going back.
Now Dilke, a microagent for British Intelligence, was on a mission to South America tracking down the source of a horrifying poison gas.
And in the tropical jungle Dilke was hunted…by Mamoth-fanged wolf-spiders and the ferocious praying mantis.”
Also, why is this dude wearing ugg boots?
Nice comments in the link! I have to say, I feel like buying the book now! Maybe the technology for shrinking the man didn’t extend to his attire. No doubt in the sequel there’ll be a scantily clad Mrs Uggboots too.
That looks and sounds well sweet. Although I do confess to a weakness for camp sci-fi.
Microagent? Hahahah!
Miniaturising everyone isn’t so great an idea though. We’d have to rebuild absolutely everything. And run away from a lot more stuff, clearly.
On an unrelated but equally creepy subject: http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/01/does_the_rite_have_the_right_s.php
(You’re mentioned)
LOL! Thanks for the heads up! Did you know I posted about the Amityville Horror?
https://membracid.wordpress.com/2009/03/25/the-amityville-bug-house/
:)
alert(“MANTIS IS ATTACKING!”);
Microagents? This explains why British intelligence services have fallen a long way from their WWII heights.