{"product_id":"shambling-towards-hiroshima","title":"Shambling Towards Hiroshima","description":"\u003cp\u003eSturgeon Award winner\u003cbr\u003eNebula and Hugo Award nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tachyon Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781892391841\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Tachyon Publications","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £6.90","offer_id":47918775500977,"sku":"SB-1892391848-C3","price":6.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/1892391848.jpg?v=1789248905","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/shambling-towards-hiroshima","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}