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''[[Shambling Towards Hiroshima]]'' is a book by James Morrow that is a parody/[[Homage]]/
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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* [[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.
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* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: Okay, some were.
* [[Genre Savvy]]: Thorley.
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