Richard Burton Matheson (February 20, 1926 – June 23, 2013) was an American author known for novels and short stories in horror, fantasy and science fiction. His works include I Am Legend and The Shrinking Man; several stories were adapted for film and television.

Matheson wrote novels, short stories and screenplays; several of his works were adapted into films (including I Am Legend and The Incredible Shrinking Man) and he contributed notable teleplays for television.

The available review examines Matheson's The Shrinking Man (Italian: Tre millimetri al giorno), emphasizing its existential horror, tight prose and psychological depth. It highlights the shrinking premise, the menacing spider as symbolic terror, and notes the Jack Arnold film adaptation. The reviewer praises Matheson's technique while viewing the book as a tense, intelligent parable of survival.

For:Readers of classic horror and mid-century science fiction, fans of psychological, allegorical genre fiction.

 "With a shiver, he looked back at the floor. He had never resigned himself to the spider, not even in moments when he felt completely down. The horror and repulsion were too deeply rooted in him. Better not to think about it. Better not to think that by now the spider was as tall as him, and the body three times bigger, and the long black legs as thick as his legs".

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