About this audiobook
Herbert Wells' "The Beast of Gods" is a brilliant science fiction novel with elements of acute social satire, which explores the consequences of great scientific discoveries and the inevitable conflict between the old order and the new stage of human evolution. Two English scientists create a revolutionary substance - "Heracleophobia", capable of causing the continuous and accelerated growth of any living organism. What started as a laboratory experiment is quickly out of control: giant chickens, monsters and huge plants capture the district. Soon miracle food begins to be given to children, and a new generation – a tribe of giants – grows up in the world. Having not only a huge growth, but also a new, elevated thought, the fulfillment faces hatred, fear and misunderstanding of ordinary people whose narrow laws, traditional life, and local fear of the unknown become a barrier to the way of the inevitable future. Wells with sincere humor and profound philosophical starcity shows how progress breaks the framework of the usual world, asking the reader the question: is civilization ready to grow over itself? ** What is the book in three words:** Giants, Progress, Evolution. **Who to read:** Fans of classical science fiction and socio-philosophical satire, lovers of stories about scientific experiments and large-scale evolutionary shifts, as well as all the lovers of Herbert Wells' prose.
