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Alex Adams
@gdemonology.bsky.social
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Independent Scholar. Author of Kill Box (2024), Death TV (2021), How to Justify Torture (2019), and Political Torture in Popular Culture (2016). Currently writing GODZILLA: A CRITICAL DEMONOLOGY.
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Alex Adams @gdemonology.bsky.social · 1d
After years of being unable to remember the name of a weird & unsettling movie that I saw way too young, I finally cracked the mystery. It was ALTERED STATES. Though it is dated and pretentious in places, its visions of hell struck me as strongly this week as they did when I was a baffled teenager!
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Daily Godzilla! 🏳️‍⚧️ @perfectgodzilla.bsky.social · 2d
Godzilla 2000 (1999) Trailer
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Donny Winter @donnywinter.bsky.social · 7d
As an LGBTQ+ writer/creator, I stand in solidarity with @hamishsteele.bsky.social & all other LGBTQ+ creators. #lgbt #solidarity #writer
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Alex Adams @gdemonology.bsky.social · 4d
Read all my Godzilla work here: www.atadamswriting.com/godzilla-a-c...
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Alex Adams @gdemonology.bsky.social · 4d
Don't forget that DEVASTATION SONGS, a gorgeous collection of weird, whimsical, and wondrous kaiju writing by loads of amazing writers, is available from @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social! Learn more here: www.atadamswriting.com/devastation-...
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Alex Adams @gdemonology.bsky.social · 4d
I wrote four blogs for We Are The Mutants, and this essay on Ghidorah is my favourite of them: "the Showa Ghidorah movies are a rich engagement with world-historical themes of Cold War antagonism, first contact, and imperial manipulation." wearethemutants.com/2021/10/06/t...
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Alex Adams @gdemonology.bsky.social · 4d
Another essay about colour, aesthetics, politics: The Blackness of the Beast: Godzilla in the Heart of Darkness. "The contemporary incarnation of Godzilla is an embodiment of the natural rightness of violently enforced hierarchy." sftpinstitu.us.es/revistas/est...
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Alex Adams @gdemonology.bsky.social · 4d
For anybody who enjoyed my recent @kaijuunited.bsky.social piece, a quick thread of some of my other Godzilla writing! First up: The Colour of Monstrosity, an essay about the MV's use of colour! "Godzilla Vs Kong needs you to know that it likes to party." popmec.hypotheses.org/5186 1/
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Alex Adams @gdemonology.bsky.social · 5d
Very pleased with this essay on @kaijuunited.bsky.social! It was a really interesting piece to think about and research, and the guys at KU are wonderful to work with. Give it a look if you can!
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Alex Adams @gdemonology.bsky.social · 6d
NEW LONG READ on Kaiju United! (@kaijuunited.bsky.social). "God-killing and the Gag Order: Revision, Rearmament, and Takashi Yamazaki’s ‘Minus One’ Novelization" looks at the politics of G-1 thru a close reading of the newly-translated novelization. Get reading, gang!
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Kaiju United thumbnail for my article, featuring characters from the movie reacting dramatically to Godzilla. Noriko, a dark-haired young Japanese woman, walking dazedly through a crowd fleeing Godzilla. Caption, from the Minus One novelization: "Surrounded by all of this chaos, she couldn’t help but be reminded of that horrible night she lost her family in the firebombing. In her current state, she was too dazed and weak to even tell whether it was Godzilla or an air raid these people were fleeing from." Screenshot of a journalistic article. Image: a Japanese tank. Caption: "Japan re-emerges as an Asia-Pacific military power. By 2027 Japan plans to take 'primary responisbility' for national defence against overseas invasions and is seeking to expand its stand-off strike capabilities." GMK Godzilla looms menacingly against a blue sky. Caption: "One nagging question kaiju fans have is why giant monsters keep attacking Japan. In GMK, I plan to suggest it’s because Japanese have forgotten the sins of their fathers and that affluence and luxury have made them complacent. Godzilla doesn’t like this. He’s angry at the Japanese and wants to smash them! Unfortunately, as much as I’d like, I can’t come out and say this directly. There are zealots here who will make a stink if they believe I’m bashing the nation. I’ll have to say these things in a roundabout way. Shusuke kaneko, director of GMK, speaking in 'Behind the Kaiju Curtain'."
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Alex Adams @gdemonology.bsky.social · 6d
Thanks for being so lovely to write for! 🙂🙂
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Kaiju United @kaijuunited.bsky.social · 6d
NEW COMMUNITY ARTICLE

Guest Contributor @gdemonology.bsky.social dives into the political themes of the newly translated 'Minus One' novelization.

Read here: kaijuunited.com/2025/10/03/g...

#Godzilla #Kaiju #Esasay #GodzillaMinusOne
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Alex Adams @gdemonology.bsky.social · 6d
NEW LONG READ on Kaiju United! (@kaijuunited.bsky.social). "God-killing and the Gag Order: Revision, Rearmament, and Takashi Yamazaki’s ‘Minus One’ Novelization" looks at the politics of G-1 thru a close reading of the newly-translated novelization. Get reading, gang!
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Kaiju United thumbnail for my article, featuring characters from the movie reacting dramatically to Godzilla. Noriko, a dark-haired young Japanese woman, walking dazedly through a crowd fleeing Godzilla. Caption, from the Minus One novelization: "Surrounded by all of this chaos, she couldn’t help but be reminded of that horrible night she lost her family in the firebombing. In her current state, she was too dazed and weak to even tell whether it was Godzilla or an air raid these people were fleeing from." Screenshot of a journalistic article. Image: a Japanese tank. Caption: "Japan re-emerges as an Asia-Pacific military power. By 2027 Japan plans to take 'primary responisbility' for national defence against overseas invasions and is seeking to expand its stand-off strike capabilities." GMK Godzilla looms menacingly against a blue sky. Caption: "One nagging question kaiju fans have is why giant monsters keep attacking Japan. In GMK, I plan to suggest it’s because Japanese have forgotten the sins of their fathers and that affluence and luxury have made them complacent. Godzilla doesn’t like this. He’s angry at the Japanese and wants to smash them! Unfortunately, as much as I’d like, I can’t come out and say this directly. There are zealots here who will make a stink if they believe I’m bashing the nation. I’ll have to say these things in a roundabout way. Shusuke kaneko, director of GMK, speaking in 'Behind the Kaiju Curtain'."
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Alex Adams @gdemonology.bsky.social · 6d
NEW LONG READ on Kaiju United! (@kaijuunited.bsky.social). "God-killing and the Gag Order: Revision, Rearmament, and Takashi Yamazaki’s ‘Minus One’ Novelization" looks at the politics of G-1 thru a close reading of the newly-translated novelization. Get reading, gang!
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Kaiju United thumbnail for my article, featuring characters from the movie reacting dramatically to Godzilla. Noriko, a dark-haired young Japanese woman, walking dazedly through a crowd fleeing Godzilla. Caption, from the Minus One novelization: "Surrounded by all of this chaos, she couldn’t help but be reminded of that horrible night she lost her family in the firebombing. In her current state, she was too dazed and weak to even tell whether it was Godzilla or an air raid these people were fleeing from." Screenshot of a journalistic article. Image: a Japanese tank. Caption: "Japan re-emerges as an Asia-Pacific military power. By 2027 Japan plans to take 'primary responisbility' for national defence against overseas invasions and is seeking to expand its stand-off strike capabilities." GMK Godzilla looms menacingly against a blue sky. Caption: "One nagging question kaiju fans have is why giant monsters keep attacking Japan. In GMK, I plan to suggest it’s because Japanese have forgotten the sins of their fathers and that affluence and luxury have made them complacent. Godzilla doesn’t like this. He’s angry at the Japanese and wants to smash them! Unfortunately, as much as I’d like, I can’t come out and say this directly. There are zealots here who will make a stink if they believe I’m bashing the nation. I’ll have to say these things in a roundabout way. Shusuke kaneko, director of GMK, speaking in 'Behind the Kaiju Curtain'."
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Alex Adams @gdemonology.bsky.social · 20d
Excited to see the new Ishiro Honda documentary at a cool cult cinema in Manchester!
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Alex Adams @gdemonology.bsky.social · 22d
Yet another novelization for the collection - this time the junior novelization of G98. Just waiting on The Luminous Fairies and Mothra...
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Alex Adams @gdemonology.bsky.social · 23d
Novelization collection grows!!
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Alex Adams @gdemonology.bsky.social · Sep 4
Novelization Day!!
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Alex Adams @gdemonology.bsky.social · Sep 1
Trashtastic DVD haul: This Island Earth, Piranha, and M3GAN!!
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Alex Adams @gdemonology.bsky.social · Aug 20
Today's reading: Edwin Hoyt's biography of Tojo, WARLORD
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Alex Adams @gdemonology.bsky.social · Aug 20
A publisher just sent me a docusign link inviting me to make my work available for generative AI licensing. No fuckin thanks scumbags
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Alex Adams @gdemonology.bsky.social · Aug 20
Enjoy!!
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Dungeons & Dickheads @dungeonsanddickheads.co.uk · Aug 16
A certified good post day. Time to listen to poundshop smut and read some Kaiju tales @cheapshow.bsky.social @gdemonology.bsky.social @godzillakent.bsky.social
Cheapshow Vinyl & the book Devastation songs: An anthology of kaiju writing
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Dungeons & Dickheads @dungeonsanddickheads.co.uk · Aug 16
A certified good post day. Time to listen to poundshop smut and read some Kaiju tales @cheapshow.bsky.social @gdemonology.bsky.social @godzillakent.bsky.social
Cheapshow Vinyl & the book Devastation songs: An anthology of kaiju writing
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Alex Adams @gdemonology.bsky.social · Aug 20
Some Australian colleagues are being tendentiously sued by hardline Zionists. This case goes to the heart of freedom of speech and the right to criticise Israeli genocide. Any donation will help them! "Help USyd Palestine advocates defeat Israel Lobby legal attack!" chuffed.org/project/1432...
Help USyd Palestine advocates defeat Israel Lobby legal attack!
Dr Nick Riemer and Professor John Keane are academics at the University of Sydney and long-time advocates of freedom and justice for Palestinians. Since October 7, in articles, on social media and at ...
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Alex Adams @gdemonology.bsky.social · Aug 14
Recommended: Speculative Whiteness by Jordan S. Carroll. Fantastic short read about fascism and science fiction!
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Alex Adams @gdemonology.bsky.social · Apr 11
Radioactive dreams, hallucinated memories, love songs to the swamp: DEVASTATION SONGS collects essential poetry and short fiction about kaiju. Order now via @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social:
www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page... #godzilla #kaiju #poetry #shortfiction #gamera #gorgo
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