The Green Odyssey
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Editor's review
Who it's for
A good fit for
- Science fiction readers who enjoy alien adventure and survival themes
- Those who want to understand Farmer's early creative style
- English readers who can accept the pacing of early science fiction
- Readers who want free access to a public-domain science fiction novel
Not a good fit for
- Readers who prefer hard science fiction with technical detail
- People who need a Chinese translation and cannot easily read the English original
- Those with little interest in early adventure science fiction conventions
Reading tips
- Follow the protagonist's situation as you read; don't rush to sort out the entire worldbuilding.
- Notice how the narrative's humorous tone and tense plot alternate.
- Compare this book with Farmer's other works to observe changes in his creative interests.
- When reading the English original, skip unfamiliar words if needed to keep the overall pace.
About the publisher
Project Gutenberg is a digital publishing project focused on public-domain ebooks. Its publishing direction centers on classic literary works whose copyright has expired, covering genres such as poetry, drama, fiction, and epic. Representative books include Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge, Proust's Du côté de chez Swann, Shakespeare's Macbeth and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Homer's The Iliad, Dante's La Divina Comèdia: Purgatòri, Cervantes's The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, and Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. Its author resources consist mainly of classic Western writers such as Wordsworth, Proust, Shakespeare, Homer, Dante, Cervantes, Grahame, and Tolstoy. Its publishing feature is the provision of freely accessible ebooks in EPUB and Kindle formats; it is not a traditional publisher, and publicly available information is limited.
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About the author
Philip José Farmer (1918–2009) was an American science fiction writer, born in North Terre Haute, Indiana, and long resident in Peoria, Illinois. In 1952 he broke taboos in science fiction with The Lovers, and he went on to win the Hugo Award three times. His major works include the Riverworld and World of Tiers series, as well as The Green Odyssey, and he pursued cross-genre writing through his “World Newton” universe. According to the library’s records, his fiction often blends adventure, myth, and philosophical reflection, with bold imagination that expanded the boundaries of science fiction; in 2000 he received the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award. The library holds three of his works, including They Twinkled Like Jewels and Rastignac the Devil.
