Godzilla is about adaptation. For one (as the origin story goes): Godzilla is a prehistoric reptilian creature roused from the depths of the Pacific Ocean by hydrogen bomb testing, a creature monstrously adapted to possess radioactive power more destructive than the weapons that gave rise to him. But Godzilla is also about narrative adaptation: since Ishiro Honda’s original film was released in 1954, the story has mutated into various iterations throughout its long-standing franchise. Contributing to this ever-expanding universe of Godzilla stories is Jeffrey Angles’ English translation of two novellas by Japanese science-fiction writer Shigeru Kayama, titled “Godzilla” and “Godzilla Raids Again,” first published in 1955.