Announcing: The Godzilla Novelization Project!
Danzilla93
MemberBaragonMar-03-2018 8:47 PMGreetings, G-Fans!
Longtime Scified member/contributor Danzilla here, and I'm excited to announce a project that I hope you guys will be interested in...
Introducing... The Godzilla Novelization Project!
The GNP (because every project needs a (hopefully) awesome abbreviation, right?) is an initiative on my part to - eventually and over time - create full novelizations of EVERY Japanese Godzilla film, and share them, completely free, with you, the fans. This is obviously something I could never make money doing; it is simply a passion project, not endorsed, approved, or (currently) on the radar of Toho Co. Ltd. These books could never be published in print without Toho’s approval, and therefore they will be presented online, free of charge, to any and every fan who wants to read them.
Books will be uploaded one (or possibly more) chapter(s) at a time, with multiple books being worked on at the same time. The website linked above will be the archive for these books, as well as the place for updates regarding the project.
Currently, the GNP's catalogue includes:
- The first two chapters of my adaptation of the original Godzilla from 1954
- The first chapter of King Kong vs. Godzilla
- The first five chapters of Godzilla vs. Hedorah
- The first three chapters of Godzilla vs Gigan
- The first two chapters to All Monsters Attack (A.K.A. Godzilla's Revenge)
- The Prologue to 1974's Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
- The first two chapters of Godzilla vs. Megalon
- The first three chapters of Mothra vs. Godzilla
- The Prologue to Godzilla vs. Spacegodzilla
- The Prologue to GMK
- The Prologue of Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla
- A collection of short stories and novellas (including Godzilla, King of the Monsters! - The Steve Martin Report, the multi-part Casefile: MATANGO: The Testimony of Kenji Murai, Sora no Daikaiju (a Rodan story), The Cosmos Apocrypha (telling Mothra and Battra's origin in the Heisei era), and the April Fool's Day prank story Futurian Nomenclature: A Cautionary Tale)
(Follow the links above to give them a read!)
In addition, the GNP is also home to a secondary project: a series of detailed Godzilla Timelines that chronicle the events of the multiple series' and universes that make up the franchise!
So far, you can check out:
The Sony Timeline, detailing events from the 1998 Godzilla film and it's cartoon series sequel.
The Anime Timeline, detailing events from the Toho/Polygon Godzilla universe, including details from the prequel novels!
The MonsterVerse Timeline, detailing events from Legendary's growing cinematic universe of Kaiju stories, including details from the prequel graphic novels, viral marketing, and more!
The site also features a series of "Monster Musing" blogs, links to interviews and appearances, and other surprises!
For those who are interested in following this insane project, please feel free to follow me on Facebook and other social media platforms!
Or shoot the project an email!
Feel free to message me and cheer me on as I continue this crazy project! Leave reviews and feedback for different books (or just hit me up for a conversation about Godzilla), share the project with kaiju-loving friends, and help spread the word!
In addition, here is a link to my Patreon page. Any money donated to this page by my readers will enable me to more easily procure necessary research materials used in the crafting of the novelizations (including scripts, Japanese books containing information on deleted scenes and behind the scenes details, promotional material with bits of ephemera to be included in the Timelines, etc.), hire/pay for the services of translators for material that I am unable to read/translate myself, and work less hours at my jobs on a given day or days, allowing me to write during that time and provide you with your content faster.
In addition, more donations will allow me to craft rewards for those who would sacrifice their hard earned money. I do have rewards currently in place that range from recognition on the site and early access to chapters and updates, to having your name inserted into a book in progress as a previously unnamed character! Check out the Patreon page for more details.
Also, be sure to check out my AWESOME interview with the guys at Kaijuvision Radio! It's a great listen, and was an absolute blast to do!
I'd like to thank you all for taking the time to read this, and for - I hope - your support of this endeavor. It is truly exciting to be working on this, and I hope that the coming stories will remind you of just how much Godzilla means to you. No matter who you all are, we are all united by our common love and enjoyment of this incredible and awesome character, and while my novelizations might tell the stories you already know, I hope they will present them in a way that allows you to look at your favorite films with fresh eyes. Most of all, I hope you have fun.
So, let the fun begin! Long live the King, baby!
"Fantasy is the impossible made probable. Science Fiction is the improbable made possible." -Rod Serling
