Kong, Godzilla and the Living Earth

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Beschreibung

During the 2010s, science fiction's immortal adversaries King Kong and Godzilla, representing our conflicts per Carl Sagan's ""dream dragons"" analogy, made comebacks in American cinema. The blockbuster Kaiju resurged onto the screen, depicting these protectors of an Earth plagued by mankind's hubris and folly. With Earth's future hanging in the balance, their climactic 2021 staging settled a score between the two giant monsters, resolving Toho's classic 1963 film King Kong vs. Godzilla.
As formidable creatures emerging from Time's Tomb on Mother Earth, metaphorical Kong and Godzilla are considered here in light of new millennial environmentalism's stark reality. This book, nostalgic in tone, explores the meaning of Kong and Godzilla as planetary saviors--titanic protectors of a theoretical ""living Earth"" Gaia--defending the globe from a prehistoric plague of adversaries.

Über den Autor

Allen A. Debus, a retired environmental chemist, has long been infatuated with dinosaurs, paleontology, science fiction, Godzilla and King Kong. He has written several books addressing prehistoric creatures--both real and fictional--in popular culture, and attends Chicagoland's Wizard World and G-Fest. He lives in Hanover Park, Illinois.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents

Foreword by J. D. Lees

Preface: A Future of Biblical Proportions

Introduction: Two Towering Titans of Terror and Tumult

One.¿King Kong and Godzilla: Immortal Adversaries-21st-Century Daikaiju

Two.¿Dinosaur Movies and Cryptozoological, Anachronistic Prehistoric Monsters of Film

and Literature (1853 to 1963): The Path to King Kong and/versus Gojira

Three.¿Merciless Gaia in Geological Time

Four.¿Kong-frontations: Introducing King Kong

Five.¿Conjuring Classic Godzilla

Six.¿Let Them Fight

Seven.¿Godzilla and Kong: Primal Struggle

Eight.¿Colossal Conflict

Nine.¿Rematch Demanded

Ten.¿Non-Classical Daikaiju: Godzilla in New Millennial Alternate Apocalyptic Media

Eleven.¿Paleo-Apocalyptical Dino-Monsters: Reflections of Doomsday?

Epilogue: C'mon. So What?-You Can Never Go Back.

Appendix: An Assortment of Titans, Dino-Daikaiju and Dino-Monsters

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2022
Genre:	Importe , Kunst
Rubrik:	Kunst & Musik
Thema:	Fotografie
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781476687216
ISBN-10:	1476687218
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Debus, Allen A.
Hersteller:	McFarland
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 15 mm
Von/Mit:	Allen A. Debus
Erscheinungsdatum:	10.06.2022
Gewicht:	0,427 kg