Godzilla and Godzilla raids again / Shigeru Kayama ; translated and with an afterword by Jeffrey Angles.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kayama, Shigeru, 1909-1975, author.

Contributor:

Angles, Jeffrey, 1971- translator.

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Godzilla (Fictitious character)--Fiction.

Godzilla.

Kayama, Shigeru, 1909-1975--Translations into English.

Kayama, Shigeru.

Kayama, Shigeru, 1909-1975.

Monsters--Fiction.

Monsters.

Genre:

Monster fiction.

Novellas.

Science fiction.

Translations.

Physical Description:

vii, 233 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota, [2023]

Summary:

"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. This book finally provides the first-ever English-language translations of Godzilla and Godzilla Raids Again, revealing valuable insights into Kayama's vision for the Godzilla story."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Note on Japanese names

Godzilla: Godzilla in Tokyo. A strange bright light from the ocean floor ; The Kaiju of Ō̄̄do Island ; The eerie island of Ōdo ; Godzilla appears ; The mysterious trilobite ; The underground laboratory ; We mustn't kill ; The Tokyo Godzilla Society ; Godzilla attacks the metropolitan center ; The oxygen destroyer ; Prayer for peace

Godzilla Raids Again: Godzilla in Osaka. Flight over the ocean ; Two Kaiju ; Professor Yamane ; Godzilla approaches ; Crowds of evacuees ; The escaped prisoners ; Godzilla makes landfall ; Anguirus ; The Hokkaido branch ; The far north ; Celebrating the big catch ; Godzilla appears in the northern seas ; Kobayashi's plane meets its end ; Nature's victory song

Afterword: translating an icon / Jeffrey Angles

Glossary of names, places, and ideas.

Notes:

Both novellas were published by Shimamura Shuppan, Ltd. in a single volume in 1955 as Gojira and Gojira no gyakushū.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contains:

Kayama, Shigeru, 1909-1975. Gojira. English.

Kayama, Shigeru, 1909-1975. Gojira no gyakushū. English.

Other Format:

Online version: Kayama, Shigeru, 1904- Godzilla and Godzilla raids again

ISBN:

9781517915230

1517915236

OCLC:

1374816230

Publisher Number:

99994815792