The Green Odyssey

The Green Odyssey by Philip Jose Farmer
By: Philip Jose Farmer b. 1918

Alan Green is a space traveler stranded on a barbaric planet who has been taken slave and made a consort to an insipid and smelly queen. His slave-wife, though beautiful and smart, nags him constantly. He’s given up hope of ever returning to Earth when he hears of two astronauts who have been captured in a kingdom on the other side of the planet, and sets out on an action-packed journey on a ship sailing across vast grasslands on rolling pin-like wheels in a desperate scheme to save them and return home. Due to the non-renewal of its copyright, this book is in the public domain.(Summary by Mark Nelson)

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5of 5 stars Reviewer: TheBookworm - 11/4/2007 5:05
Subject: Great reading
Good story and better reading. Everything Mark reads is worth listening to. (The BookWorm, Manchester, UK)
5of 5 stars Reviewer: NPendelton - 1/2/2009 5:55
Subject: Mark Nelson is LibriVox gold
Just do a search on "Mark Nelson" and download everything he's recorded. He's miles and away the best volunteer reader of free audio books I've ever heard.
5of 5 stars Reviewer: mikezane - 10/7/2009 23:59
Subject: Good story!
Imagine earning a living as a professional 'consort' to the queen. Okay, not much of a living, since the hero is really more of a slave, but she does provide for him and his many children... oh and his wife as well! Yikes what a triangle! Now, when he has given up hope of going home, he might have a chance... but what to do with his family? Neat story, and Mark Nelson does a great job as always.

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