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03051aam a2200397 i 4500 001 D551EA8AC19D11EEA89D2B6520ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240202013317 008 230508t20232023mnu b 000 1 eng 010 $a 2023019309 020 $a 1517915236 020 $a 9781517915230 035 $a (OCoLC)1374816230 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d OJ4 $d CAD $d UKMGB $d TOH $d IJ5 $d YDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h jpn 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PL832 A936 G6513 2023 100 1 $a Kayama, Shigeru, $d 1909-1975, $e author. 245 10 $a Godzilla and Godzilla raids again / $c Shigeru Kayama ; translated and with an afterword by Jeffrey Angles. 264 1 $a Minneapolis : $b University of Minnesota, $c [2023] 300 $a vii, 233 pages ; $c 21 cm 500 $a Both novellas were published by Shimamura Shuppan, Ltd. in a single volume in 1955 as Gojira and Gojira no gyakushuÌ. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 505 00 $g Glossary of names, places, and ideas. $t Nature's victory song -- $t A strange bright light from the ocean floor ; $t The Kaiju of OÌÌÌdo Island ; $t The eerie island of OÌdo ; $t Godzilla appears ; $t The mysterious trilobite ; $t The underground laboratory ; $t We mustn't kill ; $t The Tokyo Godzilla Society ; $t Godzilla attacks the metropolitan center ; $t The oxygen destroyer ; $t Prayer for peace -- $t Godzilla Raids Again: Godzilla in Osaka. $t Flight over the ocean ; $t Two Kaiju ; $t Professor Yamane ; $t Godzilla approaches ; $t Crowds of evacuees ; $t The escaped prisoners ; $t Godzilla makes landfall ; $t Anguirus ; $t The Hokkaido branch ; $t The far north ; $t Celebrating the big catch ; $t Godzilla appears in the northern seas ; $t Kobayashi's plane meets its end ; $t Nature's victory song -- $g Afterword: translating an icon / Jeffrey Angles -- $g Glossary of names, places, and ideas. 520 $a "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."-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 00 $a Godzilla $c (Fictitious character) $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Monsters $v Fiction. 600 10 $a Kayama, Shigeru, $d 1909-1975 $v Translations into English. 700 1 $a Angles, Jeffrey, $d 1971- $e translator. 700 12 $a Kayama, Shigeru, $d 1909-1975. $t Gojira. $l English. 700 12 $a Kayama, Shigeru, $d 1909-1975. $t Gojira no gyakushuÌ. $l English. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Kayama, Shigeru, 1904- $t Godzilla and Godzilla raids again $d Minneapolis : University of Minnesota, 2023 $z 9781452969855 $w (DLC) 2023019310 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20240502013524.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D551EA8AC19D11EEA89D2B6520ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search