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Food of the Gods and How it Came to Earth

Public domain audiobook

Food of the Gods and How it Came to Earth

by H. G. Wells

English· 6:16:39· 12 chapters
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

  1. Chapter 1

    Bk. 1, Ch. 1 - The Discovery of the Food

    15:35
  2. Chapter 2

    Bk. 1, Ch. 2 - The Experimental Farm

    49:59
  3. Chapter 3

    Bk. 1, Ch. 3 - The Giant Rats

    51:09
  4. Chapter 4

    Bk. 1, Ch. 4 - The Giant Children

    42:09
  5. Chapter 5

    Bk. 1, Ch. 5 - The Minimificence of Mr. Bensington

    18:18
  6. Chapter 6

    Bk. 2, Ch. 1 - The Coming of the Food

    30:47
  7. Chapter 7

    Bk. 2, Ch. 2 - The Brat Gigantic

    26:39
  8. Chapter 8

    Bk. 3, Ch. 1 - The Altered World

    38:13
  9. Chapter 9

    Bk. 3, Ch. 2 - The Giant Lovers

    27:56
  10. Chapter 10

    Bk. 3, Ch. 3 - Young Caddles in London

    21:02
  11. Chapter 11

    Bk. 3, Ch. 4 - Redwood's Two Days

    29:54
  12. Chapter 12

    Bk. 3, Ch. 5 - The Giant Leaguer

    24:58