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[US & CA territories only version]. |
| Description |
1 online resource. |
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Hesperus Classics |
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Hesperus classics.
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| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
Published in 1904, this forgotten classic is sci-fi and dystopia at its best, written by the creator and master of the genreFollowing extensive research in the field of growth, Mr. Bensington and Professor Redwood light upon a new mysterious element, a food that causes greatly accelerated development. Initially christening their discovery The Food of the Gods, the two scientists are overwhelmed by the possible ramifications of their creation. Needing room for experiments, Mr. Besington chooses a farm that offers him the chance to test on chickens, which duly grow monstrous, six or seven times their usual size. With the farmer, Mr. Skinner, failing to contain the spread of the Food, chaos soon reigns as reports come in of local encounters with monstrous wasps, earwigs, and rats. The chickens escape, leaving carnage in their wake. The Skinners and Redwoods have both been feeding their children the compound illicitlytheir eventual offspring will constitute a new age of giants. Public opinion rapidly turns against the scientists and society rebels against the world's new flora and fauna. Daily life has changed shockingly and now politicians are involved, trying to stamp out the Food of the Gods and the giant race. Comic and at times surprisingly touching and tragic, Wells' story is a cautionary tale warning against the rampant advances of science but also of the dangers of greed, political infighting, and shameless vote-seeking. |
| Contents |
""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Contents""; ""Book I: The Dawn of the Food""; ""Chapter the First: The Discovery of the Food""; ""Chapter the Second: The Experimental Farm""; ""Chapter the Third: The Giant Rats""; ""Chapter the Fourth: The Giant Children""; ""Chapter the Fifth: The Minimificence of Mr Bensington""; ""Book II: The Food in the Village""; ""Chapter the First: The Coming of the Food""; ""Chapter the Second: The Brat Gigantic""; ""Book III: The Harvest of the Food""; ""Chapter the First: The Altered World""; ""Chapter the Second: The Giant Lovers"" |
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""Chapter the Third: Young Caddles In London""""Chapter the Fourth: Redwood�s Two Days""; ""Chapter the Fifth: The Giant Leaguer""; ""Copyright"" |
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Scientists -- Fiction.
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Artificial foods -- Fiction.
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Agriculture -- Experimentation -- Fiction.
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Food supply -- Fiction.
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Giants (Folklore) -- Fiction.
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Growth factors -- Fiction.
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FICTION -- Science Fiction -- General.
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FICTION -- Classics.
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Artificial foods. (OCoLC)fst00817216
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Scientists. (OCoLC)fst01108895
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Science fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726489
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Science fiction.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Wells, H.G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946, author. Food of the gods 9781843914693 (OCoLC)839317110 |
| ISBN |
9781780941998 (electronic bk.) |
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1780941994 (electronic bk.) |
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