The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth
By H. G. Wells
Length8h 32m
About this audiobook
The world is forever altered when a scientific breakthrough creates a food that triggers giantism in every living thing it touches. As massive plants and towering humans disrupt the natural order, the "little people" of the old world respond with violent desperation to maintain their dominance. It is a powerful allegory for the friction between the status quo and the unstoppable force of evolutionary progress.
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GenreScience Fiction, Literary Classics, General Fiction
Length8 hrs 32 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 23, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1BOOK I. — THE DAWN OF THE FOOD.
26CHAPTER THE FOURTH. — THE GIANT CHILDREN.
2CHAPTER THE FIRST — THE DISCOVERY OF THE FOOD.
27I.
3I.
28II.
4II.
29III.
5III.
30IV.
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6IV.
31V.
7CHAPTER THE SECOND. — THE EXPERIMENTAL FARM.
32VI.
8I.
33CHAPTER THE FIFTH. — THE MINIMIFICENCE OF MR. BENSINGTON.
9II.
34I.
10“ALFRED NEWTON SKINNER.”
35II.
11III.
36III.
12IV.
37BOOK II — THE FOOD IN THE VILLAGE.
13V.
38CHAPTER THE FIRST. — THE COMING OF THE FOOD.
14VI.
39I.
15VII.
40II.
16VIII.
41III.
17CHAPTER THE THIRD. — THE GIANT RATS.
42IV.
18I.
43V.
19II.
44VI.
20III.
45VII.
21IV.
46CHAPTER THE SECOND. — THE BRAT GIGANTIC.
22V.
47I.
23VI.
48II.
24VII.
49III.
25VIII.
50IV.
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