The cover page is adapted from The Feast of the Gods, a painting completed in 1514 by Giovanni Bellini and modified in 1529 by Titian. The cover and title pages feature the League Spartan and Sorts Mill Goudy typefaces created in 2014 and 2009 by The League of Moveable Type. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Bellinien.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titianwww.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/
The Food of the Gods
Capítulos (12)
- Book I: The Dawn of the Food: I: The Discovery of the Food 0:00
- II: The Experimental Farm 20:16
- III: The Giant Rats 1:24:59
- IV: The Giant Children 2:34:50
- V: The Minimificence of Mr. Bensington 3:32:51
- Book II: The Food in the Village: I: The Coming of the Food 3:56:42
- II: The Brat Gigantic 4:37:32
- Book III: The Harvest of the Food: I: The Altered World 5:12:26
- II: The Giant Lovers 6:04:26
- III: Young Caddles in London 6:42:39
- IV: Redwood’s Two Days 7:09:40
- V: The Giant Leaguer 7:49:31
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In the early twentieth century, two scientists develop a substance to promote continuous growth in plants and animals. In testing it on poultry at an experimental farm, the “Food of the Gods” is carelessly scattered about, resulting in giant insects, giant rats, and so on. When anxious parents give it to sickly children, it creates a race of giant humans.
Though there are many touches of humor in this somewhat satirical look at society and how one invention or discovery could overturn it, the book ends on a much more serious and thoughtful note, and includes a warning against unchecked technology in the hands of capitalism. It also points out how easily a rabble-rousing politician can incite hatred towards those who are different.
The book was published under its full title, The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth, in 1904, and has since been used as the basis for a number of movies and comic books.