The Book of Gud

audiobook

The Book of Gud

by Milo Hastings, Harold Hersey

EN·~4 hours

Chapters

Description

Lost on a winding road through the Catskills, a weary traveler’s car dies beside a lonely, ramshackle house hidden among ancient trees. Inside, he is greeted by a stooped, blue‑shirted stranger who lives off kerosene, tends millions of bees, and keeps a blind cat for company. Over a quiet supper of honey‑drizzled biscuits, the two men exchange cryptic remarks that hint at a world far removed from ordinary highways.

Beyond the eerie hospitality, the narrative opens a doorway to a larger mystery—a god forgotten by humanity and the strange adventures that follow the day after eternity. The hermit’s cluttered shelves, filled with everything from philosophy to popular novels, suggest a hidden depth of knowledge and an invitation to explore ideas that challenge belief itself. Listeners will find themselves drawn into a contemplative, slightly uncanny journey that lingers long after the fire fades.

Details

Language

en

Duration

~4 hours (287K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Louise Davies, Roger Taft, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2010-08-22

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the authors

Milo Hastings

Milo Hastings

1884–1957

An inventor, nutritionist, and novelist with a knack for bold ideas, he brought real-world curiosity to everything he wrote. His work ranges from practical writing on food and farming to early science fiction that imagined unsettling futures.

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Harold Hersey

Harold Hersey

1893–1956

A tireless force in early pulp publishing, this American editor and writer helped shape the fast-moving magazine world of the 1920s and 1930s. He worked across adventure, mystery, romance, and science fiction, leaving a clear mark on popular fiction in its pulp era.

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