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| Author | Francis Rufus Bellamy |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction novel |
| Publisher | A. A. Wyn |
Publication date | 1953, 1954 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 216 pp |
Atta: A Novel of a Most Extraordinary Adventure is a science fiction novel by Francis Rufus Bellamy published in 1953. In 1954 the novel was published back-to-back with Murray Leinster's The Brain Stealers as Ace Double D-079.
Atta is a Robinson Crusoe-like tale of a man who is hit by lightning and wakes up, to find himself half an inch tall. He befriends a talking warrior ant named Atta and has many adventures. At the end of the novel, Atta dies, and the man returns to normal size.