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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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Bk. 1, Ch. 1 - The Discovery of the Food
15:35 - Chapter 2
Bk. 1, Ch. 2 - The Experimental Farm
49:59 - Chapter 3
Bk. 1, Ch. 3 - The Giant Rats
51:09 - Chapter 4
Bk. 1, Ch. 4 - The Giant Children
42:09 - Chapter 5
Bk. 1, Ch. 5 - The Minimificence of Mr. Bensington
18:18 - Chapter 6
Bk. 2, Ch. 1 - The Coming of the Food
30:47 - Chapter 7
Bk. 2, Ch. 2 - The Brat Gigantic
26:39 - Chapter 8
Bk. 3, Ch. 1 - The Altered World
38:13 - Chapter 9
Bk. 3, Ch. 2 - The Giant Lovers
27:56 - Chapter 10
Bk. 3, Ch. 3 - Young Caddles in London
21:02 - Chapter 11
Bk. 3, Ch. 4 - Redwood's Two Days
29:54 - Chapter 12
Bk. 3, Ch. 5 - The Giant Leaguer
24:58