The food of the gods and how it came to earth
About this book
The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth is a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells that was first published in 1904. Wells called it "a fantasia on the change of scale in human affairs. . . . I had hit upon [the idea] while working out the possibilities of the near future in a book of speculations called Anticipations (1901)".
The novel, which has had various B-movie adaptations, is about a group of scientists that invents food that accelerates the growth of children and turns them into giants when they become adults.
Subjects
- agriculture
- artificial foods
- british and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)
- english fiction
- english literature
- english science fiction
- experimentation
- fiction
- fiction, science fiction, general
- food supply
- giants
- giants -- fiction
- growth factors
- science fiction
- scientists