Resizing (including miniaturization, growth, shrinking, and enlargement) is a recurring theme in speculative fiction, in particular in fairy tales, fantasy, and science fiction. Resizing is often achieved through the consumption of mushrooms or toadstools, which might have been established due to their psychedelic properties,^[1] through magic, by inherent yet-latent abilities, or by size-changing rays of ambiguous properties.^[2]

See also

• Shapeshifting
• Shrink ray
• Square–cube law – a mathematical principle that defines why resizing is not possible in real life

References

Further reading

• Glassy, Mark C. The Biology of Science Fiction Cinema. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. 2001.

External links

• The Biology of B-Movie Monsters by Michael C. LaBarbera.

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