Kong, Godzilla and the Living Earth: Gaian Environmentalism in Daikaiju Cinema

by Allen a Debus and Allen A. Debus

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476687218
• ISBN13: 9781476687216
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up