Project Gutenberg 2010-05-29 Public domain in the USA. 496 Ackerman, Forrest J. 1916 2008 Ackerman, Forrest James Micro-Man Produced from Fantasy Book Vol. 1 number 1 (1947). Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Micro-Man" by Weaver Wright is a science fiction story written in the late 1940s. The narrative revolves around the extraordinary discovery of a miniature man, Jeko, by a college student who stumbles upon him while riding on a streetcar. The tale explores themes of curiosity, the nature of existence, and the awe of experiencing a world beyond human comprehension, through the lens of both the young man's perspective and the tiny man's own experiences. The plot begins with the protagonist inadvertently capturing a little man on a matchbox during his morning commute. As he examines this astonishing being, the reader learns about Jeko's journey from his own small world, Mortia, to the expansive realm of the human's environment, filled with giant objects that terrify him. The narrative reveals the thoughts of Jeko as he grapples with the overwhelming size and reality of the mortal world while trying to find a safe haven. Simultaneously, the story touches on the concerns of the scientists within Jeko's world, who face a crisis as their experiments lead to consequences they cannot control. As tension builds, the thread of mortality and the notion of divine retribution intertwine, culminating in a mysterious and thought-provoking ending. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 82.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 43457 2025-10-13T09:22:50.822665 text/html 39927 2021-01-06T15:42:53 text/html 162724 2025-10-13T09:22:55.471665 application/epub+zip 161562 2025-10-13T09:22:53.363696 application/epub+zip 80239 2025-10-13T09:22:52.276682 application/epub+zip 246354 2025-10-13T09:22:56.967671 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 239768 2025-10-13T09:22:54.791681 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 127819 2022-09-15T05:24:58.663576 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 35974 2025-10-13T09:22:50.568660 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 35861 2021-01-06T15:42:53 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18824 2025-10-13T09:22:57.088658 application/rdf+xml 13078 2025-10-13T09:22:52.756647 image/jpeg 3502 2025-10-13T09:22:52.513652 image/jpeg 89069 2021-01-06T15:42:53 application/octet-stream application/zip 14161 2021-01-06T15:42:53 application/octet-stream application/zip 161135 2025-10-13T09:22:50.830650 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia