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This looks like a fun read--August Ragone's new biography of Eiji Tsuburaya, the brilliant visual effects supervisor for Japan's Toho film studios. Eiji Tsuburaya: Master of Monsters: Defending the Earth with Ultraman, Godzilla, and Friends in the Golden Age of Japanese Science Fiction Film is also packed with stills and behind-the-scenes photographs of Tsuburaya's productions, so hours of happy browsing are in store. Read the review at Powell's Books here.