Gojiro
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.31 (742 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0871133962 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 356 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
One is Gojiro, a 500-foot-tall lizard who has swollen to his extraordinary size--and acquired the shrewd brain of higher life forms--as a result of an atomic test. They soon uncover a plot to test new atomic weapons that, in the best comic book tradition, threatens the world. The novel's beauty lies in the way these often hilarious conversations strike a poignant note while the "mutants" try to come to grips with the horrors of their lives. Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. Then there's his comrade Komodo, a human victim of Hiroshima. The plot is fast-moving and fun, but the bulk of the book consists of long, philosophical dialogues between the austere youth and the wisecracking monster--whose hipster jargon is a perfect imitation of the late rock critic Lester Bangs. At center stage are two friends. A mystical and telepathic bond unites them; they make a home for themselves and other radiation victims on a volcanic
Do the smart thing. Go buy/rent a Godzilla video instead. I have an old edition of this book. I should have been warned off by the fact that all the critical praise for it on the cover came from non-genre sources but I foolishly ignored that warning sign. I wanted to like this book, I really did, but after getting about 60 pages into it I realized I was having to force myself to read it and finally gave up. Jacobson isn't a genre writer and it shows. Like many who aren't familiar with the genre, he assumes that we will accept anything no. "An exhilirating experience of a book!" according to Arthur R. Chu. This book has touched me as few others have. It really is an awesome and engrossing novel, unusual and eccentric as it may be.I'm aware it's not for everyone, as I can see by the other reviews posted here. And, to tell the truth, it's not really a genre sf novel, so people looking for long-winded physiological descriptions of Godzilla, leave now.Frankly, this is NOT a Godzilla book. It is NOT an action-packed thriller or a pretentious hard sf novel filled with technobabble. This i. Jacobson creates a beautiful nuclear age metaphysics. A Customer The thing about this fairy tale is that it creates a more beautiful world view than any religion I've studied. The sublime theme of the book is that belief systems, whether they be religious, philosophical, or societal, are all subject to perversion, destruction, and absorbtion from conflicting systems of thought. 'Gojiro' presents a charmingly ridiculous and heart warming system of thought which tries it's best to account for all the craziness of the modern era. It's is tempting
The Coma Boy, Hiroshima's most celebrated survivor of the atom bomb, shares an unbreakable pact with Gojiro, a monstrous, lizard-like creature and together they face Joseph Prometheus--the inventor of the bomb that made them who they are.