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: 2017
  • ISBN-10: 9781473218017
  • Publisher: Gollancz / Orion
  • Price: £8.99
  • Pages: viii+209
  • Binding: Trade Paperback
  • Type: Novel
  • Title Reference: The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth
  • Notes:
    Stated 1st printing of this 2017 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:
    • "First published in 1904"
    • "This edition published in Great Britain in 2017 by Gollancz [over] an imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd [over] Carmelite House, 50 Victoria Embankment [over] London EC4Y 0DZ"
    • "An Hachette UK Company"
    • Number line: "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2"
    • "Introduction copyright © Adam Roberts 2010"
    • "ISBN 978 1 473 21801 7"
    • "Printed in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc"
    Back cover:
    • "UK £8.99; US $13.99; CAN $15.99"
    • "Illustration by Dominic Harman"
    Spine:
    • SF Masterworks, The Food of the Gods in black; H.G. Wells in dark crimson (same as front cover), all on graduated yellow-to-white ground.
    Introduction is signed, page viii, "Adam Roberts". Original data from Amazon UK and Locus Magazine #675 as of 2017-04-06. Semi-gloss cover.

    Note: Compare this cover with the hc editions PR# 325083 and PR# 352342 where the text is positioned differently and Masterworks is in white, not yellow as it is for this tp printing.