The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth

Overview:

  • Title: The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth
  • Author: H. G. Wells
  • Year: 2010
  • ISBN-10: 9780575095182
  • Publisher: Gollancz / Orion
  • Price: £8.99
  • Pages: viii+209
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Novel
  • Title Reference: The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth
  • Notes:
    Stated 1st printing of this 2010 edition, by number line. Title page:
    • "The Food of the Gods [over] and How It Came to Earth [over] H. G. Wells"
    • Gollancz colophon.
    Copyright page:
    • "Text Copyright © Literary Executors of the Estate of H. G. Wells 1904"
    • "Introduction Copyright © Adam Roberts 2010"
    • "This edition published in Great Britain in 2010 by [over] Gollancz [over] An imprint of the Orion Publishing Group [over] Orion House, 5 Upper St Martin's Lane, [over] London WC2H 9EA"
    • "An Hachette UK Company"
    • "ISBN 978 0 575 09518 2"
    • Number line: "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2"
    • "Printed in Great Britain by [over] Clays Ltd, St Ives plc"
    Back cover:
    • "UK £8.99" (no additional pricing)
    • "Based on illustration by Dominic Harman"
    • "ISBN 978-0-575-09518-2". EAN "00899".
    Spine:
    • "SF Masterworks", "The Food of the Gods" in black; "H.G. Wells" in dark crimson (same as on front cover), all on graduated yellow-to-white ground.
    Publication date from Amazon UK. Introduction is signed, page viii, "Adam Roberts". Novel starts in numbered page 1 and finishes on the last numbered page, 209. Size: 13.5 x 20.5 cm (w x h) No dust jacket, semi-gloss printing directly on boards.

    Note: On the front cover, tp editions show "Masterworks" in yellow, not white as here, and the text of Amis's quote is positioned differently.