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Title: The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth Title Record # 906139
Author: H. G. Wells
Date: 1904-00-00
Type: NOVEL
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Language: English
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Variant Titles Translations Serializations
Year Title
1925ⓘFirst published in Pearsons Magazine, December 1903.
 The Food of the Gods
Year Language Title
1904ⓘTranslated by Felix Paul Greve
 German Die Riesen kommen!
1908ⓘTranslated by J. Kuijlman
 Dutch Het Voedsel der Goden en hoe het op Aarde Kwam
1964ⓘTranslated by Victor Kernbach and C. Vonghizas.
 Romanian Hrana zeilor
1969ⓘTranslated by Jean A. Schalekamp
 Dutch Het Voedsel der Goden
1972ⓘTranslated by 小倉多加志 (Takashi Ogura)
 Japanese
神々の糧?Kamigami no Kate
[as by
H・G・ウエルズ?H. G. Ueruzu
]
1984 Portuguese O Alimento dos Deuses
Year Title
1903 The Food of the Gods (Part 1 of 7)
1904 The Food of the Gods (Part 2 of 7)
1904 The Food of the Gods (Part 3 of 7)
1904 The Food of the Gods (Part 4 of 7)
1904 The Food of the Gods (Part 5 of 7)
1904 The Food of the Gods (Part 6 of 7)
1904 The Food of the Gods (Part 7 of 7)

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth 1904-00-00 H. G. Wells Charles Scribner's Sons     329
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The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth 1904-07-20 H. G. Wells Macmillan and Co.  
6/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
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The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth 1904-09-20 H. G. Wells Macmillan and Co.  
6/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
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The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth 1913-03-20 H. G. Wells Macmillan and Co.     vii+
317
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The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth 1924-00-00 H. G. Wells Charles Scribner's Sons  
$2.00?$: US dollar
 329
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Seven Famous Novels 1934-06-01 H. G. Wells Alfred A. Knopf  
$2.75?$: US dollar
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860
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The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth 1945-12-00 H. G. Wells Editions for the Armed Services BB-958
$0.00?$: US dollar
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Seven Science Fiction Novels of H. G. Wells 1950-00-00 H. G. Wells Dover Publications T264
$3.95?$: US dollar
 1015
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The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth 1955-00-00 H. G. Wells Collins (New Classics #693) 693
5/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
 155
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The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth 1964-06-00 H. G. Wells Popular Library SP286
$0.50?$: US dollar
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The Complete Science Fiction Treasury of H. G. Wells 1978-00-00 H. G. Wells Avenel Books 0-517-26188-X   860
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The Complete Science Fiction Treasury of H. G. Wells 1979-00-00 H. G. Wells Avenel Books 0-517-26188-X   860
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Treasury of World Masterpieces 1982-00-00 H. G. Wells Peerage Books / Octopus Books 0-7064-1849-2   666
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H. G. Wells 1989-00-00 H. G. Wells Chatham River Press (The Great Masters Library) 0-517-65291-9   x+
688
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Seven Science Fiction Novels of H. G. Wells 1995-00-00 H. G. Wells Dover Publications 0-486-20264-X
$29.95?$: US dollar
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The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth 2004-03-01 H. G. Wells Project Gutenberg 11696    
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The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth 2006-03-00 H. G. Wells Dover Publications (Dover Value Editions) 0-486-44846-0
$6.95?$: US dollar
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tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
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The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth 2008-04-16 H. G. Wells LibriVox  
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The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth 2008-10-01 H. G. Wells 1st World Publishing 978-1-4218-8841-5
$14.95?$: US dollar
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Seven Novels 2009-00-00 H. G. Wells Barnes & Noble Books (Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classics) 978-1-4351-1490-6
$19.98?$: US dollar
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928
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The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth 2010-04-28 H. G. Wells Forgotten Books (Classic Reprint) 978-1-4510-1364-1
$10.33?$: US dollar
 362
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The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth 2010-09-16 H. G. Wells Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II)) 978-0-575-09518-2
£8.99?£: UK pound
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The Works of H. G. Wells 2011-08-11 H. G. Wells Golgotha Press 978-1-61042-863-7
$2.99?$: US dollar
  
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The Food of the Gods and How it Came to Earth 2012-06-15 H. G. Wells Benediction Classics 978-1-78139-215-7
£12.95?£: UK pound
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The Food of the Gods and How it Came to Earth 2013-01-22 H. G. Wells CreateSpace 978-1-4820-4518-5
$7.99?$: US dollar
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The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth 2013-03-21 H. G. Wells Dover Publications (Dover Value Editions) 978-0-486-16359-8
$6.95?$: US dollar
  
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The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth 2013-08-01 H. G. Wells Bottom of the Hill Publishing 978-1-4837-0289-6
$10.99?$: US dollar
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The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth 2016-03-07 H. G. Wells LibriVox  
$0.00?$: US dollar
  
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The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth 2017-01-12 H. G. Wells Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II)) 978-1-4732-1801-7
£8.99?£: UK pound
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The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth 2017-05-02 H. G. Wells Open Road Integrated Media 978-1-5040-4530-8
$0.99?$: US dollar
  
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The Sea Lady / The Food of the Gods and How it Came to Earth 2020-01-14 H. G. Wells Leonaur Ltd (The Collected Strange & Science Fiction of H. G. Wells #4) 978-1-78282-859-4
£11.99?£: UK pound
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The Sea Lady / The Food of the Gods and How it Came to Earth 2020-01-14 H. G. Wells Leonaur Ltd (The Collected Strange & Science Fiction of H. G. Wells #4) 978-1-78282-858-7
£19.99?£: UK pound
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The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth 2020-10-29 H. G. Wells Suzeteo Enterprises 978-1-64594-096-8
£13.00?£: UK pound
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H. G. Wells Seven Science Fiction Novels date unknown H. G. Wells Berkley Books  
$5.65?$: US dollar
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Seven Science Fiction Novels of H. G. Wells date unknown H. G. Wells Dover Publications 0-486-20264-X
$6.00?$: US dollar
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Seven Science Fiction Novels of H. G. Wells date unknown H. G. Wells Dover Publications 0-486-20264-X
$8.95?$: US dollar
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 omni Stephen Whealton  
The Complete Science Fiction Treasury of H. G. Wells date unknown H. G. Wells Avenel Books 0-517-26188-X   860
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The Complete Science Fiction Treasury of H. G. Wells date unknown H. G. Wells Avenel Books 0-517-26188-X   vi+
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The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth date unknown H. G. Wells Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II)) 978-0-575-09518-2
£8.99?£: UK pound
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The Greatest of All Classic Science Fiction date unknown H. G. Wells Berkley Books  
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