H. G. Wells

The Food of the Gods (Annotated) (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

The groundbreaking science fiction classic by H.G. Wells

Imagine a food...that could change the course of human history.

In The Food of The Gods and How it Came to Earth, legendary science fiction author H.G. Wells provocatively chronicles this very idea: a food so powerful it transforms society as we know it.

Two young scientists, Mr. Bensington and Professor Redwood, begin their study of "growth" on a whim, then proceed to develop Herakleophorbia IV, a growth serum quickly named "The Food of the Gods." The serum is tested on chickens, who quickly grow to six times their size. It's deemed a success, but after the serum makes its way into the local food chain, the gigantism spreadsgiant plants, earwigs, wasps, and even rats. English villages are terrorized and ransacked.

But the scientists have yet to learn their lesson, administering the serum to numerous young children. "Boomfood" has now taken the entire country by storm, forcing all of England to reckon with the recklessness of the scientists. Will the giants find peace among the common citizens, or will they be forced to shed blood to ensure their own survival?

"If any writer could overcome the hurdles inherent in humanizing giants, that writer would be H. G. Wells, the fellow who practically pioneered all the major tropes of science fiction."Paul Di Filippo, Hugo-nominated author of The Steampunk Trilogy

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: WordFire Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781680576726
• Artikelnr.: 70682127

Autorenporträt

Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 - 13 August 1946), usually referred to as H. G. Wells, was an English writer. He was prolific in many genres, writing dozens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary, satire, biography, and autobiography, including even a book on war games. He is now best remembered for his science fiction novels and is often called a "father of science fiction", along with Jules Verne and Hugo Gernsback. During his own lifetime, however, he was most prominent as a forward-looking, even prophetic social critic who devoted his literary talents to the development of a progressive vision on a global scale. A futurist, he wrote a number of utopian works and foresaw the advent of airplanes, tanks, space travel, nuclear weapons, satellite television and something resembling the world wide web. His science fiction imagined time travel, alien invasion, invisibility, and biological engineering. Brian Aldiss referred to Wells as the "Shakespeare of science fiction". His most notable science fiction works include The Time Machine (1895), The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896), The Invisible Man (1897), and The War of the Worlds (1898). He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times.