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ESSAY: JAMES MORROW on why he wrote Shambling Towards Hiroshima
futurismic.com - 2/6/2009
ESSAY: JAMES MORROW on why he wrote Shambling Towards Hiroshima
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James Morrow is a novelist with a reputation for satirising organised religion, but his new book Shambling Towards Hiroshima mashes up the original Godzilla movies with the nuclear attacks on Japan which ended the Second World War. Given the opportunity to ask the man some questions, the ...
James Morrow Talks Hiroshima, Giant Lizards and the Lessons of History
tor.com - 2/3/2009
James Morrow Talks Hiroshima, Giant Lizards and the Lessons of History
— tor.com — One of the benefits of working as a book publicist is that I get to spend time... with a lot of talented authors. For a longtime science fiction and fantasy fan like me, getting the opportunity to rub elbows with some of the field’s best and brightest ... (more) James Morrow Talks Hiroshima, Giant Lizards and the ...

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tachyonpublications.com - 1/31/2009
Shambling Towards Hiroshima, James Morrow
— tachyonpublications.com — Born in Philadelphia in 1947, James Morrow spent his adolescent years making short 8mm fantasy films with... his friends. After receiving a master's degree from Harvard University in 1971, Morrow worked for several years as an English teacher, a ... (more) Shambling Towards Hiroshima, James Morrow

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REVIEW: Shambling Towards Hiroshima by James Morrow
sfsignal.com - 2/5/2009
REVIEW: Shambling Towards Hiroshima by James Morrow
— sfsignal.com — REVIEW SUMMARY : A philosophical inquiry into monster movies and mass destruction. MY RATING : BRIEF SYNOPSIS... : During WWII, a B-movie actor has to impersonate a giant, rampaging lizard in order to impress the Japanese and encourage them to ... (more) REVIEW: Shambling Towards Hiroshima by James Morrow

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SF Signal — John Christopher's The Tripods Trilogy is being adapted for the big screen. Manhattan Theatre Source is staging Universal Robots, a play based on Karel Capek's classic 1921 play R.U.R. [via SF Scope] Interviews & Profiles: Adventures in SciFi Publishing interviews David J. Williams (The Mirrored Heavens). James Morrow talks about why he wrote his latest book, Shambling Towards Hiroshima. ...

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