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Steve Joyce
Sep 22, 2013 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
This one is pretty much Wells the Storyteller in the first part and Wells the Preacher in the last part. It all starts out very whimsically with the distracted scientists Bensington and Redwood bumbling around with their new invention (a growth chemical) kind of like Cavor in The First Men in the Moon.

But in the 2nd half, Wells shifts gears and emphasizes the conflict between the downtrodden / out-numbered human giants and the rest of humanity.

TFotG would have worked better if he had figured ou
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Alex
Sep 01, 2009 rated it really liked it
Shelves: sf, childhood-reads
Robin
Nov 21, 2009 rated it it was ok
Nazire
Apr 14, 2013 rated it it was amazing
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Nov 15, 2016 rated it really liked it