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Title: The Food of the Gods
Author: H. G. Wells
Narrator: Walter Covell
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
Language: English
Release date: 11-05-09
Publisher: Jimcin Recordings
Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 8 votes
Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Classic

Publisher's Summary:
It all began wit the research of two scientists, Mr. Bensington and Professor Redwood, into the principles of growth in living matter. The fruit of their labor was a substanceknown as "Herakleophorbia IV", but their own private term for it was "The Food of theGods" because of its very special properties. Their tests produced a baby chick large enough to be mistaken for a buzzard, and when the substance was consumed by rats, they grew bigger than horses. They then started feeding the "Food" to babies, and....
(P)1983 Jimcin Recordings

Members Reviews:
The Human Society is about to change...
Many of H.G. Wells books deal with what we call science fiction. Such as The War of The Worlds, The Time Machine or the Invisible Man he likes to write about wonders brought about by new technology or alien ways. He loved a good What-if-this-happened? Yet there was also a social scientist within him. With such novels as The Island Of Dr. Moreau and The Food Of The Gods he also explored the human condition and how fixed or flexible it could become.
In the Food Of The Gods two men, Mr. Bensington and Professor Redwood put their knowledge together to make a chemical that allows an animal or plant continuous growth without need for it to stop to build up energy or material.
Soon mankind is dealing with giant wasps, chickens, grass and all kinds of harmless or very dangerous creatures. And soon babies are given the BoomFood to make them into giants. What should mankind do with the giants? Employee them? Bar them from the rest of civilization? Kill them?
The novel is full of humor, mostly pointed at the class system, scientists, the common man and society in general. There is even a slight hint that each new generation THINKS of itself as giants, as big minds with big ideas.
The funny part was the slow change of the characters' impressions on me, as I started to think of the normal sized humans as pigmies near the end and the giants as the normal sized humans. This was done mostly by allowing them to become the major characters, shifting the point of view, so we started to see more of the giants, their way of life, their problems and less of the normal humans. Also, the normal humans seemed to whine a lot.
Clearly this novel has effected many other books and many, many sci-fi B-movies. THEM just to name one. Get it used or new.

Pretty decent story
I was hoping there would be more in the book about giant bugs, and insects, and rats causing all kinds of problems. And it was about that to a point. Then it kind of switched to a story about a couple of giant humans which wasn't as much fun. Giant wasps are cooler than giant humans (IMO). Still a good book. Wells rocks.

Quality DVD
This should be made into a film! With today's CG it would make an interesting Adventure film.

The Food of the Gods
Received the book about a week after ordering. Great, speedy service. I'm looking forward to reading it soon. I've seen the movie version, which didn't do H.G. Wells justice. Having read a number of Wells' works and enjoying them, this should be a good change of pace.

Five Stars
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