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Original Title:	Shambling Towards Hiroshima
ISBN:	1892391848 (ISBN13: 9781892391841)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novella (2010), Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novella (2009), Locus Award Nominee for Novella (2010), Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (2010)

Shambling Towards Hiroshima

James K. Morrow

Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 170 pages

Rating: 3.62 | 762 Users | 133 Reviews

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Title	:	Shambling Towards Hiroshima
Author	:	James K. Morrow
Book Format	:	Mass Market Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 170 pages
Published	:	2009 by Tachyon Publications
Categories	:	Science Fiction. Fiction. Alternate History

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2010 Sturgeon Award winner
Nebula and Hugo Award nominee

It is the early summer of 1945, and war reigns in the Pacific Rim with no end in sight. Back in the States, Hollywood B-movie star Syms Thorley lives in a very different world, starring as the Frankenstein-like Corpuscula and Kha-Ton-Ra, the living mummy. But the U.S. Navy has a new role waiting for Thorley, the role of a lifetime that he could never have imagined.

The top secret Knickerbocker Project is putting the finishing touches on the ultimate biological weapon: a breed of gigantic, fire-breathing, mutant iguanas engineered to stomp and burn cities on the Japanese mainland. The Navy calls upon Thorley to don a rubber suit and become the merciless Gorgantis and to star in a live drama that simulates the destruction of a miniature Japanese metropolis. If the demonstration succeeds, the Japanese will surrender, and many thousands of lives will be spared; if it fails, the horrible mutant lizards will be unleashed. One thing is certain: Syms Thorley must now give the most terrifyingly convincing performance of his life.

In the dual traditions of Godzilla as a playful monster and a symbol of the dawn of the nuclear era, Shambling Towards Hiroshima unexpectedly blends the destruction of World War II with the halcyon pleasure of monster movies.

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When you think about it, Godzilla is a symbol for the abolition of nuclear weapons in the same way Smokey the Bear has become the same for the prevention of forest fires. With this in mind, the author has crafted a clever story about one man, one kaiju rubber suit, and the evils of the A-Bomb.

This is a witty, smart short read. It touches on many topics-especially the rise of the B-movies-from monsters to atomic creatures. One star lost to ending--too so-so for the character writing this pseudo-autobio of his.Just think: what if we could not develop the atomic bomb in time to drop it on Japan at the ending of WWII? This book suggests we were developing Godzilla like creatures to use first!?! Loved the main character--some of his lines are golden.

Reading a James Morrow story, I expect parts of it to go over my head. He marries a love of genre with a literary style, meshing satire with reality, theme with plot, and poignancy with characterization. That he manages to write at that depth and still tell a compelling story speaks to his skills as a storyteller, as well as a literary darling.Shambling Towards Hiroshima is part love letter to '40s and '50s monster movies, part apology to Japan for what our country did to them in World War II.

I like anything by James Morrow. This kind of reminded me about the one where they always told the truth - like cotton candy and quickly forgettable. It's a small book, the characters and story are interesting, and did I say I like anything by James Morrow?I'm exaggerating that. But I like a lot by him, and since "Towing Jehovah" I've been a fan. Anything he wants to do is okay with me.

The plot: It's 1945. A B-movie actor is shanghaied by the Navy into performing in a giant monster suit to intimidate a Japanese delegation into convincing Hirohito that the United States has gigantic, ravenous, fire breathing behemoths they will unleash on Japan's civilian population if the Japanese don't surrender. And yes, there really are gigantic, ravenous, fire breathing behemoths. Clearly, this plan didn't work and the behemoths were never released-- instead, the military dropped atomic

A unique cross-genre masterpiece. Morrow crafts a novel that is original, funny, and sorrowful all at once.

Fun, quick read. Pretty silly. Seems like it could make a good movie.