The Food of the Gods and How it Came to Earth: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Food of the Gods and How it Came to Earth, credited to H. G. Wells, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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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)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Food of the Gods and How it Came to Earth
• Author credits: H. G. Wells
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 12
• Listed recording duration: 6:16:39

Catalogue topics

• sci-fi
• giant
• food
• genetic

Track guide

1. 01 - Bk. 1, Ch. 1 - Discovery of the Food — 15:35
2. 02 - Bk. 1, Ch. 2 - The Exerimental Fam — 50:00
3. 03 - Bk. 1, Ch. 3 - The Giant Rats — 51:10
4. 04 - Bk. 1, Ch. 4 - The Giant Children — 42:09
5. 05 - Bk. 1, Ch. 5 - The Minimificence of Mr. Bensington — 18:18
6. 06 - Bk. 2, Ch. 1 - The Coming of the Food — 30:48
7. 07 - Bk. 2, Ch. 2 - The Brat Gigantic — 26:40
8. 08 - Bk. 3, Ch. 1 - The Altered World — 38:14
9. 09 - Bk. 3, Ch. 2 - The Giant Lovers — 27:56
10. 10 - Bk. 3, Ch. 3 - Young Caddles in London — 21:03
11. 11 - Bk. 3, Ch. 4 - Redwood's Two Days — 29:55
12. 12 - Bk. 3, Ch. 5 - The Big Leaguer — 24:59

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