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''Shambling Towards Hiroshima'' is a book by James Morrow that is a parody/[[Homage/Deconstruction|Deconstruction]] of [[Kaiju]] films (especially [[Godzilla]]), Old B-Movies and the Nuclear Bomb. 

The basic premise is that a B-movie actor named Syms Thorley is writing what is either a suicide note or a memoir in Reagan-era Baltimore. In it he reveals the truth behind "Project Knickerbocker", the Navy's plan to end WWII in the Pacific by breeding giant fire-breathing reptiles and unleashing them upon Japan. Not wanting to use such a horrible weapon that would kill so many civilians, it was decided to do a "demonstration" by having a smaller, man-sized monsters ruin a model city in front of a Japanese delegation. Only problem: the man-sized reptiles are docile, so a man in a rubber suit is needed. That man is Syms Thorley. [[Shambling Towards Hiroshima]] is his story.

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Includes examples of:
* [[Crowning Moment of Funny]]: "Of course they breathe fire. Why do you think they cost millions of dollars of taxpayer money?" 
* [[Whole-Episode Flashback]]: 90% of the book is flashback or comments on the events in those flashbacks.
* [[Kaiju Defense Force]]: "Gorgantis" destroys small plastic models of it.
* [[Fictional Media]]: Most (but not all) of the films referenced in the book.
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: Okay, some were. 
* [[Genre Savvy]]: Thorley.

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