Book · by H. G. Wells
How many pages is The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth?
The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth by H. G. Wells has a median of 300 pages across 65 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 284 to 308 pages.
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Page count of every edition, by year
Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.
Editions counted
The 65 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 3 more editions were set aside because the page count was less than half or more than 2.2 times the median, which usually means an abridged text, an omnibus, or a typing error. Open Library lists 194 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 359 | OL34313176M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 300 | OL34355457M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 287 | OL34289873M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 308 | OL34294571M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 308 | OL34233662M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 308 | OL34301965M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 308 | OL34363315M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 308 | OL34289122M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 308 | OL34294742M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 308 | OL34185140M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 300 | OL34308487M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 300 | OL34333792M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 308 | OL34334779M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 308 | OL34339043M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 308 | OL34236572M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 157 | OL34291954M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 288 | OL34283632M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 300 | OL34200154M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 300 | OL34347432M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 308 | OL34356538M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 300 | OL34304600M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 300 | OL34325499M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 308 | OL34215996M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 308 | OL34263116M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 308 | OL34337067M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 308 | OL34302755M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 312 | OL34314563M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 300 | OL30320472M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 287 | OL34234951M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 300 | OL30338954M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 300 | OL30030024M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 300 | OL30322730M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 300 | OL30324083M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 300 | OL30334831M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 308 | OL34328235M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 300 | OL34267336M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 300 | OL30192506M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 218 | OL30229218M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 224 | OL29907430M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 241 | OL29969067M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 300 | OL30320968M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 218 | OL30227322M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 300 | OL30327890M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 217 | OL30041268M |
| 2017 | Gollancz | – | 224 | OL26794471M |
| 2013 | Hesperus Press | paperback | 256 | OL28344822M |
| 2011 | Faber & Faber, Limited | – | 290 | OL28450996M |
| 2010 | Orion | – | 209 | OL24978586M |
| 2007 | IndyPublish | Paperback | 228 | OL11886040M |
| 2002 | House of Stratus | – | 284 | OL22012029M |
| 2001 | House of Stratus | Hardcover | 298 | OL7992460M |
| 1998 | University Publishing House | Paperback | 175 | OL8695201M |
| 1977 | Sphere | – | 223 | OL21248928M |
| 1976 | Sphere | – | 223 | OL21248913M |
| 1969 | Distributed by Heron Books | – | 306 | OL4365978M |
| 1966 | Collins | – | 255 | OL22347990M |
| 1965 | Airmont Pub. Co. | – | 190 | OL5935711M |
| 1955 | Collins | – | 255 | OL21658635M |
| 1932 | Armed Services | – | 319 | OL45335888M |
| 1924 | C. Scribner's Sons | – | 329 | OL14130725M |
| 1924 | C. Scribner's sons | – | 328 | OL40248426M |
| 1909 | Nelson | – | 287 | OL16905554M |
| 1909 | Nelson | – | 287 | OL24244427M |
| 1904 | C. Scribner's sons | – | 329 | OL26369911M |
| 1904 | Macmillan and Co., Limited | – | 317 | OL6475750M |
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Questions
- How many pages is The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth?
- About 300 pages: that is the median of 65 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 157 to 359 pages.
- How long does it take to read The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth?
- About 5 h 17 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 11 days.
- How many words is The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth?
- Roughly 82,000 words, estimated from the median page count at 275 words per page. Open Library does not record word counts, so this is an estimate.
Data: Open Library monthly data dumps (works, editions, authors, reading log, ratings) (Open Library / Internet Archive); How many words do we read per minute? A review and meta-analysis of reading rate (Marc Brysbaert, Journal of Memory and Language 109 (2019)).