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Length6h 10m
About this audiobook
What happens when science tampers with nature? A riveting, cautionary tale with disastrous results reveals the chilling answer.
Hoping to create a new growth agent for food with beneficial uses to mankind, two scientists find that the spread of the material is uncontrollable. Giant chickens, rats, and insects run amok, and children given the food stuffs experience incredible growth--and serious illnesses. Over the years, people who have eaten these specially treated foods find themselves unable to fit into a society where ignorance and hypocrisy rule. These "giants," with their extraordinary mental powers, find themselves shut away from an older, more traditional society. Intolerance and hatred increase as the line of distinction between ordinary people and giants is drawn across communities and families.
One of H. G. Wells' lesser-known works, The Food of the Gods has been retold many times in many forms since it was first published in 1904. The gripping, newly relevant tale combines fast-paced entertainment with social commentary as it considers the ethics involved in genetic engineering.
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics, General Fiction
Length6 hrs 10 mins
Narrated byJosh Smith
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateSep 10, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Bk. 1, Ch. 1 - The Discovery of the Food
7Bk. 2, Ch. 2 - The Brat Gigantic
2Bk. 1, Ch. 2 - The Experimental Farm
8Bk. 3, Ch. 1 - The Altered World
3Bk. 1, Ch. 3 - The Giant Rats
9Bk. 3, Ch. 2 - The Giant Lovers
4Bk. 1, Ch. 4 - The Giant Children
10Bk. 3, Ch. 3 - Young Caddles in London
5Bk. 1, Ch. 5 - The Minimificence of Mr. Bensington
11Bk. 3, Ch. 4 - Redwood's Two Days
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6Bk. 2, Ch. 1 - The Coming of the Food
12Bk. 3, Ch. 5 - The Giant Leaguer
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