The first English translations of the original novellas about the
iconic kaijū Godzilla Godzilla emerged from the sea to devastate
Tokyo in the now-classic 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: this was the intent of Shigeru
Kayama, the science fiction writer who drafted the 1954 original
film and its first sequel and, in 1955, published these
novellas. 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 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, feature plots that differ from the films, and
clearly display the author’s strong antinuclear, proenvironmental
convictions. Kayama’s fiction depicts Godzilla 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.
General
| Imprint: |
University of Minnesota Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
October 2023 |
| Firstpublished: |
2023 |
| Authors: |
Shigeru Kayama
|
| Translators: |
Jeffrey Angles
|
| Dimensions: |
210 x 140 x 10mm (L x W x T) |
| Pages: |
256 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-5179-1523-0 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-5179-1523-6 |
| Barcode: |
9781517915230 |
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