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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Createspace Independent Pub
Publication date
December 5, 2015
Pages
168
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9781519693310
ISBN-10
1519693311
Dimensions
0.38 by 6.69 by 9.61 in.
Original list price
$7.95
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Book I begins with satirical remarks on "scientists," then introduces Mr. Bensington, a research chemist specialising in "the More Toxic Alkaloids," and Professor Redwood, who after studying reaction times takes an interest in "Growth." Redwood's suggestion "that the process of growth probably demanded the presence of a considerable quantity of some necessary substance in the blood that was only formed very slowly" causes Bensington to begin searching for such a substance. After a year of research and experiment, he finds a way to make what he calls in his initial enthusiasm "the Food of the Gods," but later more soberly dubs Herakleophorbia IV. Their first experimental success is with chickens that grow to about six times normal size on an experimental farm at Hickleybrow, near Urshot in Kent (where H.G. Wells was born and raised). Unfortunately Mr. and Mrs. Skinner, the slovenly couple hired to feed and monitor the chickens, allow Herakleophorbia IV to enter the local food chain, and the other creatures that get the food grow to six or seven times their normal size: not only plants, but also wasps, earwigs, and rats.The chickens escape, over-running a nearby town. Bensington and Redwood, impractical researchers, do nothing until a decisive and efficient "well-known civil engineer" of their acquaintance named Cossar arrives to organise a party of eight to ("Obviously!") destroy the wasps' nest, hunt down the monstrous vermin, and burn the experimental farm to the ground.
Editions
Editions for the work Food of the Gods
Hardcover
from Victor Gollancz (April 1, 2011); titled "The Food of the Gods"
9780575095182 | details & prices | 209 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $16.95
This edition also contains The Food of the Gods
About: One of Wells' lesser known works, this is a story of a scientific discovery with shocking results for all of humanity Two scientists develop a foodstuff that causes unparalleled growth in animals and humans.
This edition also contains The Food of the Gods
About: One of Wells' lesser known works, this is a story of a scientific discovery with shocking results for all of humanity Two scientists develop a foodstuff that causes unparalleled growth in animals and humans.
Paperback
from Classic Comic Store Ltd (June 30, 2016); titled "The Food of the Gods"
9781910619940 | details & prices | 48 pages | List price $9.95
This edition also contains The Food of the Gods
About: A scientist discovers a new substance which makes animals grow to several times their normal size, but soon the substance enters the food chain and the giant animals run amuck!
This edition also contains The Food of the Gods
About: A scientist discovers a new substance which makes animals grow to several times their normal size, but soon the substance enters the food chain and the giant animals run amuck!
The price comparison is for this edition
from Createspace Independent Pub (December 5, 2015); titled "The Food of the Gods"
9781519693310 | details & prices | 168 pages | 6.69 × 9.61 × 0.38 in. | List price $7.95
This edition also contains The Food of the Gods
About: Book I begins with satirical remarks on "scientists," then introduces Mr.
This edition also contains The Food of the Gods
About: Book I begins with satirical remarks on "scientists," then introduces Mr.
Large print edition from Createspace Independent Pub (November 16, 2013); titled "The Food of the Gods"
9781493777761 | details & prices | 468 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 1.17 in. | List price $16.95
This edition also contains The Food of the Gods
This edition also contains The Food of the Gods
Reprint edition from Hesperus Pr (November 1, 2013); titled "The Food of the Gods"
9781843914693 | details & prices | 254 pages | 5.25 × 7.75 × 1.00 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $17.95
This edition also contains The Food of the Gods
About: Published in 1904, this forgotten classic is sci-fi and dystopia at its best, written by the creator and master of the genreFollowing extensive research in the field of "growth," Mr.
This edition also contains The Food of the Gods
About: Published in 1904, this forgotten classic is sci-fi and dystopia at its best, written by the creator and master of the genreFollowing extensive research in the field of "growth," Mr.
from Pendulum Pr (June 1, 1978)
9780883013144 | details & prices | List price $2.95
About: Two scientists develop a foodstuff that causes unparalleled growth in animals and humans.
About: Two scientists develop a foodstuff that causes unparalleled growth in animals and humans.
Editions for the work The Food of the Gods
Hardcover
With H. G. Wells |
from Victor Gollancz (April 1, 2011)
9780575095182 | details & prices | 209 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $16.95
This edition also contains Food of the Gods
About: One of Wells' lesser known works, this is a story of a scientific discovery with shocking results for all of humanity Two scientists develop a foodstuff that causes unparalleled growth in animals and humans.
This edition also contains Food of the Gods
About: One of Wells' lesser known works, this is a story of a scientific discovery with shocking results for all of humanity Two scientists develop a foodstuff that causes unparalleled growth in animals and humans.
from House of Stratus Ltd (October 1, 2001)
9780755104024 | details & prices | 298 pages | List price $12.95
About: A scientist discovers a new substance which makes animals grow to several times their normal size, but soon the substance enters the food chain and the giant animals run amuck!
About: A scientist discovers a new substance which makes animals grow to several times their normal size, but soon the substance enters the food chain and the giant animals run amuck!
from Amereon Ltd (January 1, 1996); titled "Food of the Gods"
9780848812164 | details & prices | 5.75 × 9.00 × 0.25 in. | 0.75 lbs | List price $20.95
About: A scientist discovers a new substance which makes animals grow to several times their normal size, but soon the substance enters the food chain and the giant animals run amuck!
About: A scientist discovers a new substance which makes animals grow to several times their normal size, but soon the substance enters the food chain and the giant animals run amuck!
Paperback
With H. G. Wells |
from Classic Comic Store Ltd (June 30, 2016)
9781910619940 | details & prices | 48 pages | List price $9.95
This edition also contains Food of the Gods
About: A scientist discovers a new substance which makes animals grow to several times their normal size, but soon the substance enters the food chain and the giant animals run amuck!
This edition also contains Food of the Gods
About: A scientist discovers a new substance which makes animals grow to several times their normal size, but soon the substance enters the food chain and the giant animals run amuck!
The price comparison is for this edition
With H. G. Wells |
from Createspace Independent Pub (December 5, 2015)
9781519693310 | details & prices | 168 pages | 6.69 × 9.61 × 0.38 in. | List price $7.95
This edition also contains Food of the Gods
About: Book I begins with satirical remarks on "scientists," then introduces Mr.
This edition also contains Food of the Gods
About: Book I begins with satirical remarks on "scientists," then introduces Mr.
With H. G. Wells |
Large print edition from Createspace Independent Pub (November 16, 2013)
9781493777761 | details & prices | 468 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 1.17 in. | List price $16.95
This edition also contains Food of the Gods
This edition also contains Food of the Gods
With H. G. Wells |
Reprint edition from Hesperus Pr (November 1, 2013)
9781843914693 | details & prices | 254 pages | 5.25 × 7.75 × 1.00 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $17.95
This edition also contains Food of the Gods
About: Published in 1904, this forgotten classic is sci-fi and dystopia at its best, written by the creator and master of the genreFollowing extensive research in the field of "growth," Mr.
This edition also contains Food of the Gods
About: Published in 1904, this forgotten classic is sci-fi and dystopia at its best, written by the creator and master of the genreFollowing extensive research in the field of "growth," Mr.
Reprint edition from Univ Pub House (January 1, 1997)
9781570020155 | details & prices | 5.00 × 7.75 × 0.50 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $9.95
About: Two scientists develop a foodstuff that causes unparalleled growth in animals and humans.
About: Two scientists develop a foodstuff that causes unparalleled growth in animals and humans.
from Ags Pub (June 1, 1994)
9781561035854 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.25 in. | 0.20 lbs | List price $5.99
About: Book I begins with satirical remarks on "scientists," then introduces Mr.
About: Book I begins with satirical remarks on "scientists," then introduces Mr.
Ill edition from Ags Pub (June 1, 1994)
9780785407485 | details & prices | 5.25 × 7.75 × 0.25 in. | 0.20 lbs | List price $12.05
About: Students with lower reading abilities can enjoy some of the most important literature of our culture.
About: Students with lower reading abilities can enjoy some of the most important literature of our culture.
Pap/cas edition from Ags Pub (June 1, 1994)
9781561035878 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.30 lbs | List price $18.00
from Airmont Pub Co (June 1, 1978); titled "Food of the Gods"
9780804900591 | details & prices | 4.75 × 7.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.20 lbs | List price $0.95
About: A research chemist named Bensington develops what he calls the Food of the Gods.
About: A research chemist named Bensington develops what he calls the Food of the Gods.
from Pendulum Pr (June 1, 1978); titled "Food of the Gods"
9780883013380 | details & prices | List price $1.25
About: A scientist discovers a new substance which makes animals grow to several times their normal size, but soon the substance enters the food chain and the giant animals run amuck!
About: A scientist discovers a new substance which makes animals grow to several times their normal size, but soon the substance enters the food chain and the giant animals run amuck!
from Berkley Pub Group (June 1, 1960); titled "Food of the Gods"
9780425014073 | details & prices | List price $1.25
About: A scientist discovers a new substance which makes animals grow to several times their normal size, but soon the substance enters the food chain and the giant animals run amuck!
About: A scientist discovers a new substance which makes animals grow to several times their normal size, but soon the substance enters the food chain and the giant animals run amuck!
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