Shambling towards Hiroshima
By: James Morrow
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Tachyon Publications
Published: 2009
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 170
ISBN-13: 9781892391841
Subjects: Monster films; Motion picture actors and actresses; World War, 1939-1945; Fiction
Description: In the summer of 1945, war is reigning in the Pacific Rim while Syms Thorley continues his life as a B-movie actor. But the Navy would like to use Thorley in their top-secret Knickerbocker Project, putting the finishing touches on the ultimate biological weapon: a breed of gigantic, fire-breathing, mutant iguanas. Thorley must don a rubber suit that will transform him into the merciless Gorgantis, and star in a film that simulates the destruction of a miniature Japan. If the demonstration succeeds, the Japanese will surrender, sparing thousands of lives; if it fails, the mutant lizards will be unleashed.