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H. G. WellsThe Food of the Gods and How it Came to Earth (February 16, 2008)

LibriVox recording of The Food of the Gods and How it Came to Earth, by H. G. Wells. Read by Alex C. Telander.

Two stuffy English scientists, always looking to further their scientific knowledge, create a substance called Herakleophorbia, which in its fourth incarnation – known as Herakleophorbia IV – has the special ability of making things increase greatly in size. As the scientists begin experimentation on some chicks, the substance is misused by some “country folk” who don’t take it seriously and soon Herakleophorbia IV is running rampant throughout England and then across the globe, creating giant plants and animals that wreak havoc on the land and then the people. Then the first giant babies are revealed and for the first time humanity has to contend with the existence of a new race of giant people. How humanity deals with this shocking new creation is revealed in The Food of the Gods and How it Came to Earth. (Summary by Alex C. Telander)

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This audio is part of the collection: LibriVox

Artist/Composer: H. G. Wells
Date: 2008-02-16
Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text
Keywords: librivox; literature; audiobook; sci-fi; giant; food; genetic

Creative Commons license: Public Domain


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01 - Bk. 1, Ch. 1 - Discovery of the Food14 MB8.12 MB7.13 MB
02 - Bk. 1, Ch. 2 - The Exerimental Fam46 MB26 MB23 MB
03 - Bk. 1, Ch. 3 - The Giant Rats47 MB27 MB23 MB
04 - Bk. 1, Ch. 4 - The Giant Children39 MB22 MB19 MB
05 - Bk. 1, Ch. 5 - The Minimificence of Mr. Bensington17 MB9.57 MB8.38 MB
06 - Bk. 2, Ch. 1 - The Coming of the Food28 MB16 MB14 MB
07 - Bk. 2, Ch. 2 - The Brat Gigantic24 MB14 MB12 MB
08 - Bk. 3, Ch. 1 - The Altered World35 MB20 MB18 MB
09 - Bk. 3, Ch. 2 - The Giant Lovers26 MB14 MB13 MB
10 - Bk. 3, Ch. 3 - Young Caddles in London19 MB11 MB9.64 MB
11 - Bk. 3, Ch. 4 - Redwood's Two Days27 MB15 MB14 MB
12 - Bk. 3, Ch. 5 - The Big Leaguer23 MB13 MB11 MB
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Reviewer: samantha12 - - May 10, 2009
Subject: Food of the Gods review
I was looking forward to listening to this work.

The reading is very poor. I suggest that the reader does a little bit of research into the art of reading aloud.

Reviewer: squirrel99 - [3.0 out of 5 stars] - March 4, 2009
Subject: The Food of the Gods - H.G.Wells
A nice peice of science fiction by the master. Humorious in the beginning, serious in the end, with a wonderful discussion of "greatness and smallness" through out. The story echos some of the complaints one hears today about modern scientific research.

The reader tends to read quickly and without a lot of inflection.


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