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The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth

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A visionary science-fiction satire about giant growth, scientific power, and a society forced to change.

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The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth

An experimental food makes children, animals, and plants grow beyond ordinary limits. Wells turns the spectacle of giants into a debate about progress, inequality, fear, and civilization.

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H. G. Wells died in 1946; this 1904 English original is public domain.

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The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth

H. G. Wells

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CHAPTER THE FIRST — THE DISCOVERY OF THE FOOD.

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  1. 01Full text
  2. 02BOOK I. — THE DAWN OF THE FOOD.
  3. 03CHAPTER THE FIRST — THE DISCOVERY OF THE FOOD.
  4. 04CHAPTER THE SECOND. — THE EXPERIMENTAL FARM.
  5. 05CHAPTER THE THIRD. — THE GIANT RATS.
  6. 06CHAPTER THE FOURTH. — THE GIANT CHILDREN.
  7. 07CHAPTER THE FIFTH. — THE MINIMIFICENCE OF MR. BENSINGTON.
  8. 08BOOK II — THE FOOD IN THE VILLAGE.
  9. 09CHAPTER THE FIRST. — THE COMING OF THE FOOD.
  10. 10CHAPTER THE SECOND. — THE BRAT GIGANTIC.
  11. 11BOOK III. — THE HARVEST OF THE FOOD.
  12. 12CHAPTER THE FIRST. — THE ALTERED WORLD.
  13. 13CHAPTER THE SECOND. — THE GIANT LOVERS.
  14. 14CHAPTER THE THIRD. — YOUNG CADDLES IN LONDON.
  15. 15CHAPTER THE FOURTH. — REDWOOD’S TWO DAYS.
  16. 16CHAPTER THE FIFTH. — THE GIANT LEAGUER.
  17. 17BOOK I. — THE DAWN OF THE FOOD.
  18. 18CHAPTER THE FIRST — THE DISCOVERY OF THE FOOD.
  19. 19I.
  20. 20II.
  21. 21III.
  22. 22IV.
  23. 23CHAPTER THE SECOND. — THE EXPERIMENTAL FARM.
  24. 24I.
  25. 25II.
  26. 26III.
  27. 27IV.
  28. 28V.
  29. 29VI.
  30. 30VII.
  31. 31VIII.
  32. 32CHAPTER THE THIRD. — THE GIANT RATS.
  33. 33I.
  34. 34II.
  35. 35III.
  36. 36IV.
  37. 37V.
  38. 38VI.
  39. 39VII.
  40. 40VIII.
  41. 41CHAPTER THE FOURTH. — THE GIANT CHILDREN.
  42. 42I.
  43. 43II.
  44. 44III.
  45. 45IV.
  46. 46V.
  47. 47VI.
  48. 48CHAPTER THE FIFTH. — THE MINIMIFICENCE OF MR. BENSINGTON.
  49. 49I.
  50. 50II.
  51. 51III.
  52. 52BOOK II — THE FOOD IN THE VILLAGE.
  53. 53CHAPTER THE FIRST. — THE COMING OF THE FOOD.
  54. 54I.
  55. 55II.
  56. 56III.
  57. 57IV.
  58. 58V.
  59. 59VI.
  60. 60VII.
  61. 61CHAPTER THE SECOND. — THE BRAT GIGANTIC.
  62. 62I.
  63. 63II.
  64. 64III.
  65. 65IV.
  66. 66V.
  67. 67BOOK III. — THE HARVEST OF THE FOOD.
  68. 68CHAPTER THE FIRST. — THE ALTERED WORLD.
  69. 69I.
  70. 70II.
  71. 71III.
  72. 72IV.
  73. 73V.
  74. 74CHAPTER THE SECOND. — THE GIANT LOVERS.
  75. 75I.
  76. 76II.
  77. 77III.
  78. 78IV.
  79. 79V.
  80. 80CHAPTER THE THIRD. — YOUNG CADDLES IN LONDON.
  81. 81I.
  82. 82II.
  83. 83III.
  84. 84IV.
  85. 85CHAPTER THE FOURTH. — REDWOOD’S TWO DAYS.
  86. 86I.
  87. 87II.
  88. 88III.
  89. 89IV.
  90. 90CHAPTER THE FIFTH. — THE GIANT LEAGUER.
  91. 91I.
  92. 92II.
  93. 93III.

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