It appears someone found the giant mantis mentioned earlier this week.If these two are related, I'm the Mona Lisa 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?

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7 Comments

  1. Norwegica January 28, 2011 at 2:48 pm

    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.

  2. Rei Malebario January 28, 2011 at 2:55 pm

    That looks and sounds well sweet. Although I do confess to a weakness for camp sci-fi.

  3. Comment1 January 28, 2011 at 3:38 pm

    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.

  5. Bug Girl January 30, 2011 at 4:56 pm

    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/

  6. John February 1, 2011 at 6:55 pm

    :)

    alert(“MANTIS IS ATTACKING!”);

  7. mthew February 2, 2011 at 11:42 am

    Microagents? This explains why British intelligence services have fallen a long way from their WWII heights.

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