Godzilla and Godzilla raids again
Shigeru Kayama (Author), Jeffrey Angles (Translator)
"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
Print Book, English, 2023
University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, 2023
novellas
vii, 233 pages ; 21 cm
9781517915230, 1517915236
1374816230
Contents Note on Japanese Names Godzilla: Godzilla in Tokyo A Strange Bright Light from the Ocean Floor The Kaiju of Ōdo 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
Both novellas were published by Shimamura Shuppan, Ltd. in a single volume in 1955 as Gojira and Gojira no gyakushū