The food of the gods and how it came to earth vs The Poison Belt: Which Should You Read?

Cover of The food of the gods and how it came to earth The food of the gods and how it came to earth H. G. Wells · 1900 ★★★☆☆ 3.4 222 pages · ≈ 4 h 07 m · Challenging

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…

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Cover of The Poison Belt The Poison Belt Arthur Conan Doyle · 1913 ★★★★☆ 3.9 83 pages · ≈ 1 h 32 m · Challenging

Being an account of another adventure of Prof. George E. Challenger, Lord John Roxton, Prof. Summerlee and Mr E. D. M alone, the discoverers of "The Lost World".

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Goodreads 3.4 (5494) —
Hardcover 3.5 (4) 3.1 (17)
Apple Books 4.0 (40) 4.0 (98)

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The food of the gods and how it came to earthThe Poison Belt
Ratings 5494 98
Editions 194 345
Film adaptations 1 1
Want to read 8781 —
Written reviews 471 —
Wikipedia attention 2531 770
Pages 222 83

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