Shigeru Kayama
Godzilla and Godzilla Raids Again
Godzilla and Godzilla Raids Again
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The original novellas about the iconic kaijū Godzilla, which were written by Shigeru Kayama and published in 1955, have now been translated into English for the first time. These novellas provide valuable insights into Kayama's vision for the Godzilla story, feature plots that differ from the films, and clearly display the author's strong antinuclear and pro-environmental convictions. Godzilla is depicted in the fiction as engaging in guerrilla-style warfare against humanity, which has allowed the destruction of the natural world through its irresponsible, immoral perversion of science. As human activity continues to cause mass extinctions and rapid climatic change, Godzilla provides a fable for the Anthropocene, powerfully reminding us that nature will fight back against humanity's onslaught in unpredictable and devastating ways.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 03 October 2023
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Godzilla, the iconic kaijū, made its debut in the 1954 film, produced by Tōhō Studios and directed by Ishirō Honda, creating a global sensation and launching one of the world's most successful movie and media franchises. Awakened and transformed by nuclear weapons testing, Godzilla serves as a terrifying metaphor for humanity's shortsighted destructiveness, as intended by Shigeru Kayama, the science fiction writer who drafted the 1954 original film and its first sequel.
Although the Godzilla films have been analyzed in detail by cultural historians, film scholars, and generations of fans, Kayama's two Godzilla novellas, both classics of Japanese young-adult science fiction, have never been available in English. This book finally provides English-speaking fans and critics with the original texts, with these first-ever English-language translations of Godzilla and Godzilla Raids Again.
The novellas reveal valuable insights into Kayama's vision for the Godzilla story, featuring plots that differ from the films and clearly displaying the author's strong antinuclear, pro-environmental convictions.
Kayama's fiction depicts Godzilla engaging in guerrilla-style warfare against humanity, which has allowed the destruction of the natural world through its irresponsible, immoral perversion of science. As human activity continues to cause mass extinctions and rapid climatic change, Godzilla provides a fable for the Anthropocene, powerfully reminding us that nature will fight back against humanity's onslaught in unpredictable and devastating ways.
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Weight: 288g
Dimension: 209 x 140 x 17 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781517915230
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