The Little People (1967)

[ensmallen]

Wasn't too eager to look this up seeing that cover, but turns out the novel originally appeared as a serial in a British magazine, with covers much truer to the story and its premise. Not going to spoil it but yes there's "SW" scenes and no the story's hardly as trashy as the "first" cover suggests. Much better writing than say The Man Who Liked Women or even most older whiz-bang sci-fi pulp stories with SW.

Part 1: https://archive.org/details/Fantasy_Sci ... 3/mode/2up
Part 2: https://archive.org/details/Fantasy_Sci ... 3/mode/2up
Part 3: https://archive.org/details/Fantasy_Sci ... 3/mode/2up

SYNOPSIS: For a holiday away from it all, you could scarcely do better than Killabeg Castle, lying in the middle of Killabeg Bog, not far from the west coast of Ireland. Stefan Morwitz, a successful German businessman, son of an executed Nazi war criminal, brings his half-Jewish wife there. Waring and Helen Selkirk, threshing in a marriage of mutual hatred, arrive with their teenage daughter, Cherry. The proprietress is Bridget Chauncey, brought up in England, who unexpectedly inherited the place, the previous winter, from an unknown Irish cousin. Also staying at the Castle are Bridget's fiance, Daniel Gillow, a London solicitor, and Mat O'Hanlon, a Dubliner in the same profession. He too, has fancied himself in love with Bridget, but is having to make do with the bottle and, to his surprise, with the open and trusting affection of young Cherry. When Bridget first came to the Castle, she found a strange thing: a locked room in the old tower fitted up as a kind of laboratory-workshop but fantastically containing a set of dolls' houses. And the first night of his stay. Waring Selkirk, looking out from his window, thinks he sees in the moonlight a miniature human being. This is the land of the Little People of legend and though no one — not even Waring himself — believes that this is what he has seen — they begin to wonder....

[pokonota]

I'd like to just know which pages have SW.
I don't feel like plodding thru an entire novel for just a couple paragraphs of likely mild at best sw here and there.

[ensmallen]

I'd like to just know which pages have SW.
I don't feel like plodding thru an entire novel for just a couple paragraphs of likely mild at best sw here and there.

You could skip ahead to Part 2 for the best bits I guess:
Page 92: https://archive.org/details/Fantasy_Sci ... 9/mode/2up
Page 101: https://archive.org/details/Fantasy_Sci ... 9/mode/2up

[ensmallen]

Sharing another Internet Archive find while I'm here, YA so don't expect anything too *mature*, need an account to borrow and read:

Little (Grrl) LOST Two girls—two worlds—one magical novel by Charles de Lint! When 14-year-old T.J. and her family are forced to move from their farm to the Newford suburbs, she has to leave her best friend and give up her beloved horse, Red. She's lonely, depressed, and furious ... until she makes a most surprising new friend.

https://archive.org/details/littlegrrll ... i/mode/2up

[pokonota]

Thanks for the shares, Ensmallen, any sw finds are always great in general 🩷

[chocolatejr9]

Sharing another Internet Archive find while I'm here, YA so don't expect anything too *mature*, need an account to borrow and read:

Little (Grrl) LOST Two girls—two worlds—one magical novel by Charles de Lint! When 14-year-old T.J. and her family are forced to move from their farm to the Newford suburbs, she has to leave her best friend and give up her beloved horse, Red. She's lonely, depressed, and furious ... until she makes a most surprising new friend.

https://archive.org/details/littlegrrll ... i/mode/2up

Hey, I read that in high school!

[DocRick]

Sounds like a cute story, written for children, so obviously a G rated story, but it gave me the idea for a short story I posted in "Doc's World."

[ensmallen]

Thanks, everyone. Have another find here, haven't gotten to reading yet but this one's ... different, to say the least.

https://archive.org/details/isbn_978149 ... ew=theater
https://www.goodreads.com/series/113577-damselfly

DAMSELFLY (2013) Jennie Bates Bozic In 2065, the Lilliput Project created Lina - the first six-inch-tall winged girl - as the solution to a worldwide energy and food crisis. Isolated in a compound amidst the forests of Denmark, Lina has grown up aware of only one purpose: learn how to survive in a world filled with hawks, bumblebees, and loneliness. However, on the eve of her sixteenth birthday, she discovers that she’s not the only teenager her size. Six 'Toms' were created shortly after Lina, and now her creators need to prove to the world that tiny people are the next logical step in human evolution. In other words, they need to prove that reproduction is possible. Um. No thanks. Lina's already fallen in love with a boy she met online named Jack. Only he has no idea that thumbelina1847 could literally fit inside his heart. When her creators threaten to hurt Jack unless she chooses a husband from among the ‘Toms’, Lina agrees to star in a reality TV series. Once the episodes begin to air, the secret of her size is out. Cut off from any contact with the outside world, Lina assumes Jack is no longer interested. After all, what guy would want to date a girl he can’t even kiss? Slowly, very slowly, she befriends the six young men who see her as their only ticket to happiness. Perhaps she can make just one guy’s dream of love and companionship come true. But her creators have a few more twists in store for her that she never thought possible. She’s not the only one playing to the cameras.

[ensmallen]

Speaking of different, this book has one chapter that maybe qualifies as a slow shrink SW story, only it's written by a maths PhD.

https://archive.org/details/hungryhollo ... 8/mode/2up

HUNGRY HOLLOW (1998) The Story of a Natural Place Hungry Hollow is simply an ordinary creek winding through about a mile of ordinary forest and meadow somewhere east of the Rocky Mountains. But like all such places, it is also a vast and intricate web of life with extensions that reach around the planet, back into prehistoric time, and within to a teeming, bizarre microscopic world. In dozens of short, wonderfully imaginative chapters, A.K. Dewdney introduces us to the denizens of this world. We encounter a hackberry tree whose branches perfectly reproduce the taxonomic Tree of Life, learn how it would look and feel to shrink by stages to the size of an amoeba while swimming in a river, watch a toad win the lottery, and see the world of Hungry Hollow from the viewpoint of bears, earthworms, and even stones. This is an excursion into natural history like no other.

[ensmallen]

Another one from the Archive, just a short story again but well-written:

https://archive.org/details/isbn_092991 ... ew=theater

My Pet Fairy (2009) Teddie Goldenberg "That's a Brazilian fairy," Tom explained. "They can be difficult to keep." He moved the plastic habitat from the shelf to a column of books on the central table. Smaller than a mouse, the fairy was asleep on its side, in the fetal position. She had messy black hair to her waist and a rich, tan skin tone. I pointed out the wings. "I thought they had butterfly wings." "Gaelic fairies have wings like butterflies, but they're endangered. Can't buy 'em anywhere. I had a whole litter of Brazilians in just a week ago, but I sold most of them on eBay. This one's the runt, so I'll sell it for four-hundred dollars." So I bought it, without much consideration.

[ensmallen]

Pulp magazine story this time, not *strictly* SW but you'll get the picture...

https://archive.org/details/FantasticV0 ... ew=theater

Bottle Baby (Fantastic, April, 1957) Henry Slesar A man of less scientific mind might have fainted at this shock to his sense of reality. All Mortimer did was stare, and the more he stared, the more incredible the sight became. The creature in the glass was not merely tiny : she was a perfect miniature of the most stunning, eye-filling showgirl that ever closed a show in Boston. And there wasn't any question of her charms ; they were clearly exposed behind the clear glass of the container. Long limbs and high, rounded breasts, a sinuously curved body, beautifully turned arms and legs, flowing canary yellow hair. The way she posed, with her hands on her hips, her chin tilted, her red mouth laughing, Mortimer could tell that she was proud of her brazen nudity. "Well?" she said. "Say something!"

[Little Sally]

Pulp magazine story this time, not *strictly* SW but you'll get the picture...

https://archive.org/details/FantasticV0 ... ew=theater

Wow! "Bottle Baby" is an absolute delight, and thank you for sharing!

It had just about everything I love in a size themed story including Lolly's scale, and the humour and the way the characters were drawn was just superb. I just wanted it to go on and on, but the ending arrived at was sweet enough.

I've never read any old "pulp" stories before (although I've always adored the cover art), but if this is an example, then I've really been missing out. It didn't just float my boat, it floated a little fleet of them lol!

[ensmallen]

Wow! "Bottle Baby" is an absolute delight, and thank you for sharing!

It had just about everything I love in a size themed story including Lolly's scale, and the humour and the way the characters were drawn was just superb. I just wanted it to go on and on, but the ending arrived at was sweet enough.

I've never read any old "pulp" stories before (although I've always adored the cover art), but if this is an example, then I've really been missing out. It didn't just float my boat, it floated a little fleet of them lol!

Glad you liked it, Sally, it was really something. Been trying to find another SW story from the same writer. No such luck so far, sharing the ones with size-changing bits in them anyway.

The Genie Takes A Wife (it's in the title)
https://archive.org/details/Fantastic_v ... ew=theater
The Goddess of World 21 (warning: GTS)
https://archive.org/details/Fantastic_v ... ew=theater
Legacy of Terror (clever take on giant insects)
https://archive.org/details/Amazing_Sto ... ew=theater

[Little Sally]

Wow! "Bottle Baby" is an absolute delight, and thank you for sharing!

It had just about everything I love in a size themed story including Lolly's scale, and the humour and the way the characters were drawn was just superb. I just wanted it to go on and on, but the ending arrived at was sweet enough.

I've never read any old "pulp" stories before (although I've always adored the cover art), but if this is an example, then I've really been missing out. It didn't just float my boat, it floated a little fleet of them lol!

Glad you liked it, Sally, it was really something. Been trying to find another SW story from the same writer. No such luck so far, sharing the ones with size-changing bits in them anyway.

The Genie Takes A Wife (it's in the title)
https://archive.org/details/Fantastic_v ... ew=theater
The Goddess of World 21 (warning: GTS)
https://archive.org/details/Fantastic_v ... ew=theater
Legacy of Terror (clever take on giant insects)
https://archive.org/details/Amazing_Sto ... ew=theater

Hey, thanks for these! I just finished "The Genie Takes A Wife" which was another hoot! Not strictly one for the shrinking woman fraternity, but the way the story was written it just grabs you from the start. And what can you say about some of the dialogue. It's just hilarious! (the exchanges between Jay and the detective for example, are just superb). Classic old school writing at it's finest!

I'll hope to get to the others in due course, and keep up the good work!

[ensmallen]

Only reason this got on my radar is the art (warning: VSW) which, turns out, has only marginally to-do with the story. Lured me in though.

https://archive.org/details/Thrilling_W ... ew=theater

Fishing Season (Thrilling Wonder Stories, August, 1953) Robert Sheckley “Go on.” Out of the comer of his eye Mallen saw his neighbor’s fat wife come down the back steps. She walked over to them and listened. “The same goes for a gang of criminals, or even Martians. Impossible to do it, and no reason even if they could. We’ve got to look for something illogical — and that leaves just one logical answer.” Mallen waited, and glanced at the woman. She was looking at him, arms folded across her aproned chest. In fact, she was glaring at him. Can she be angry at me, Mallen thought. What have I done? “The only answer,” his neighbor said slowly, “Is that there is a hole somewhere around here. A hole in the spacetime continuum.”

[sallyfourth]

Pulp magazine story this time, not *strictly* SW but you'll get the picture...

https://archive.org/details/FantasticV0 ... ew=theater

Bottle Baby (Fantastic, April, 1957) Henry Slesar A man of less scientific mind might have fainted at this shock to his sense of reality. All Mortimer did was stare, and the more he stared, the more incredible the sight became. The creature in the glass was not merely tiny : she was a perfect miniature of the most stunning, eye-filling showgirl that ever closed a show in Boston. And there wasn't any question of her charms ; they were clearly exposed behind the clear glass of the container. Long limbs and high, rounded breasts, a sinuously curved body, beautifully turned arms and legs, flowing canary yellow hair. The way she posed, with her hands on her hips, her chin tilted, her red mouth laughing, Mortimer could tell that she was proud of her brazen nudity. "Well?" she said. "Say something!"

Thank you! I think this one was new to me and easily one of the most entertaining. I really appreciate the time and effort that you put in to create this thread.

Seeya!

[ensmallen]

Okay, so this one's different. Needs an account to borrow and read, as usual for the Archive.

https://archive.org/details/adventureso ... ew=theater

The Adventures of Walter the Weremouse John Dashney Walter stared, frozen in amazement. There was no mouse in the box. Looking up at him was a human being, no more than five inches tall! It took several seconds for Walter to realize that the cheese had worked its magic again, and that Little Fella was no longer a mouse. Walter stared, blinked, stared again, and became aware of yet another fact. Little Fella was not a fella either!

[ensmallen]

Now this one's awesome. Awesome and clever.

https://archive.org/details/ferretgirl0 ... ew=theater

Ferret Girl Colin Haskin At 14, Fiona has had enough of her parents' problems and longs to escape and be with Bandit, her pet ferret. The trouble is she must shrink to his size. Then it's a succession of wild adventures until the terrifying realization she is trapped in another dimension.

[sallyfourth]

Little Little by M. E. Kerr

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/396 ... tle_Little

Also available on Amazon

Little Little La Belle is the daughter of the wealthiest businessman in town. She is everything an heiress should be -- beautiful, independent, and perfect in every way. Except for one she is only three feet, three inches tall. And now that she is about to turn eighteen, her parents are conspiring to get her married to the perfect young man. But Little Little has plans of her own. With characters who play their cards close to the vest and closer to the ground, Little Little is a love story unlike any other.

[ensmallen]

Little Little by M. E. Kerr

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/396 ... tle_Little

Also available on Amazon

Little Little La Belle is the daughter of the wealthiest businessman in town. She is everything an heiress should be -- beautiful, independent, and perfect in every way. Except for one she is only three feet, three inches tall. And now that she is about to turn eighteen, her parents are conspiring to get her married to the perfect young man. But Little Little has plans of her own. With characters who play their cards close to the vest and closer to the ground, Little Little is a love story unlike any other.

Oh, that's in the archive. Always loved your stuff, Sally, you're the best.

https://archive.org/details/littlelittle00kerr/mode/2up

[ensmallen]

Credit to Godforgives,Idon't for letting me know this existed. She takes a while to show up though, skip to page 119 if you're impatient.

Who P-P-P-Plugged Roger Rabbit? (Internet Archive)

"Eddie Valiant," said Roger, "meet my beloved sister-in-law, Joellyn." I never learn. When dealing with a Toon, always watch for the ringer. She was a dead duplex for her redheaded sister, except for one thing—she was only six and a half inches tall. "I didn't say she was an identical twin," Roger whispered.

[Godforgives,Idon't]

Hey, some people are actually reading my posts!

In one chapter, Jessica's sister Joellyn actually slips down the front of Eddie Valiant's pants! But she does it so she can threaten to inflict pain "down there" if Eddie doesn't do what she says, not to give him a "bodyjob".

This was one of two books in my very first order from the Edward R. Hamilton "Bargain Books" catalog, back in the spring of 1993. (The other book was a collection of reprinted pulp stories, Famous Fantastic Mysteries. The cover image is of tiny people squirming in the bony hands of what looks like a zombie version of Darth Vader.)

It's a crazy book. The making of Gone With the Wind is a major plot point. But it was originally going to be a musical, with an all-Toon cast. (And Clark Gable is a character in the novel.) There's a formula that can turn a human into a Toon, and vice-versa...and Roger drinks it. We learn that Eddie Valiant has another brother named Freddy, and a sister named Hedy. And there's Jessica's sister Joellyn, who Eddie Valiant gets romantically involved with. (The novel is set in the 1930's. Eddie must not have yet met Dolores.)

[Godforgives,Idon't]

Wow! "Bottle Baby" is an absolute delight, and thank you for sharing!

It had just about everything I love in a size themed story including Lolly's scale, and the humour and the way the characters were drawn was just superb. I just wanted it to go on and on, but the ending arrived at was sweet enough.[/quote)

I checked my Abebooks order history. I bought a copy of the April 1957 issue of Fantastic Science Fiction back in September 2009. And I posted about "Bottle Baby" on Minimizer's board. But that issue was in such nice condition that I didn't want to risk damaging it flattening it out on my scanner. Eventually I bought another issue to scan. But I got banned from Minimizer's board before I could scan "Bottle Baby" and upload it.

I've never read any old "pulp" stories before (although I've always adored the cover art), but if this is an example, then I've really been missing out. It didn't just float my boat, it floated a little fleet of them lol!

You don't have a very good memory. You read "The Girl Who Loved Death" by Paul W. Fairman, the cover story for the September 1952 issue of Amazing Stories, which I scanned all 35 pages of (plus the front cover) and posted on Minimizer's board. Remember the splash page illustration, of an unconscious nude "mini" in a refrigerator? ("There was something of interest in the refrigerator, and it wasn't the milk.") Remember private detective Nick Saturday? Remember Time Eight?

[Little Sally]

You don't have a very good memory. You read "The Girl Who Loved Death" by Paul W. Fairman, the cover story for the September 1952 issue of Amazing Stories, which I scanned all 35 pages of (plus the front cover) and posted on Minimizer's board. Remember the splash page illustration, of an unconscious nude "mini" in a refrigerator? ("There was something of interest in the refrigerator, and it wasn't the milk.") Remember private detective Nick Saturday? Remember Time Eight?

I sometimes have trouble remembering what I did yesterday, let alone on Min's board!

But then again I don't have to. Because you can remember for me!

[Godforgives,Idon't]

"The Girl Who Loved Death" is a good story. Private detective Nick Saturday's landlord asks him to look for his girlfriend, Helen Burdette, who seems to have disappeared. Nick finally finds her. In a refrigerator. And she's only two feet tall (and nude). But then Nick gets knocked out. When he wakes up, he's trapped in a sanitarium. He finds out that people (I think mostly women) get taken to this sanitarium, then they disappear. I'm not giving away any more.

I also posted the entire story on Giantess City, along with the entire pulp story "It's A Small World" by Robert Bloch, the cover story for the March 1944 issue of Amazing Stories, also 35 pages (plus the front cover), the cover and the two interior illustrations for "Fury From Lilliput" by Murray Leinster, the cover story for the August 1949 issue of(Thrilling Wonder Stories, the two interior illustrations for "Tink Fights the Gremlins" by William P. McGivern (Fantastic Adventures, October 1943), and the one page of SW content from the EC Comics story "Miscalculation!". But I'm not going back there. It was bad when I left there for good in May 2012, so it's probably even worse now. Sally R. left in disgust in 2008, KoPilot left in disgust in 2010, and Jitensha left in disgust in 2011.