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| Title | : | Planet of the Apes |
| Author | : | Pierre Boulle |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 268 pages |
| Published | : | May 29th 2001 by Del Rey (first published 1963) |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fiction. Classics. Fantasy |
Pierre Boulle
Paperback | Pages: 268 pages Rating: 3.95 | 31344 Users | 1417 Reviews
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"I am confiding this manuscript to space, not with the intention of saving myself, but to help, perhaps, to avert the appalling scourge that is menacing the human race. Lord have pity on us!" With these words, Pierre Boulle hurtles the reader onto the Planet of the Apes. In this simian world, civilization is turned upside down: apes are men and men are apes; apes rule and men run wild; apes think, speak, produce, wear clothes, and men are speechless, naked, exhibited at fairs, used for biological research. On the planet of the apes, man, having reached to apotheosis of his genius, has become inert. To this planet come a journalist and a scientist. The scientist is put into a zoo, the journalist into a laboratory. Only the journalist retains the spiritual strength and creative intelligence to try to save himself, to fight the appalling scourge, to remain a man. Out of this situation, Pierre Boulle has woven a tale as harrowing, bizarre, and meaningful as any in the brilliant roster of this master storyteller. With his cutomary wit, irony, and disciplined intellect and style, the author of The Bridge Over the River Kwai tells a swiftly moving story dealing with man's conflicts, and takes the reader into a suspenseful and strangely fascinating orbit.
Describe Books Conducive To Planet of the Apes
| Original Title: | La planète des singes |
| ISBN: | 0345447980 (ISBN13: 9780345447982) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Zira, Ulysse Mérou, Cornelius (Planet of the Apes), Zaius, Professor Antelle, Arthur Levain, Nova (Planet of the Apes), Jinn (Planet of the Apes), Phyllis (Planet of the Apes) |
| Setting: | Soror |
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Ratings: 3.95 From 31344 Users | 1417 ReviewsCommentary Out Of Books Planet of the Apes
Caution: Vague Spoilers AheadI don't really think that I can do this book justice in my review. I thought that it was brilliant. I know that I have seen the movie long ago, and remember the big reveal at the end and Charlton yelling about damning everyone all to hell, but I don't remember much more than that. I'll have to watch the movie again.I really loved the subtle cautionary tale running throughout the story. Maybe it's just my feminist liberal bleeding heart whispering to me, but I feelFrench feminism didn't happen any too soon, apparently. This book doesn't age well at all. It also grinds axes against hunters and animal researchers, and if you are either, you'll probably want to skip it to moderate your blood pressure. Mostly, though, the treatment of women is just not to be believed. Gah!Also, there were some weird translation choices, where I could imagine what the French word had been and could think of a much better English word than the one the translator chose.
Şahane!
The original Planet of the Apes novel is a seriously clunky story. It is bookended by a kooky couple in space who find a message in a bottle (view spoiler)[psst ... they turn out to be Chimps (hide spoiler)], Ulysse Mérou stands in as a more pedantic Taylor who gets to knock up Nova before they with their child, and the Ape society is more developed, which makes it less effective in creating that Planet of the Apes vibe.If it weren't for the movie with its killer Rod Serling script and the
4.49 stars, so rounded down to 4. I would not have said this was a translation (not that I think my French is now good enough to read this in its native language) as it flowed so well. I have seen a number of film versions both old and new so knew roughly what to expect story wise, but I was not expecting the tenderness and emotion. You get odd hints through out that it is not a new book, it has Mid 20th century aspects, but despite this the SciFi is still good, as you would expect from the
ENGLISH (Planet of the Apes) / ITALIANOJinn and Phyllis were spending a wonderful holiday in space, as far away as possible from the inhabited stars A couple of tourists on an interplanetary trip runs into a bottle drifting in the space. They obtain in this way a manuscript in which is told the story of Ulysse Mérou, a French journalist, and his space journey toward the Betelgeuse star, 300 light years far away from Earth.I fell in love with this novel after half a page. Simple, addictive,
The original from which the done-to-death "Planet of the Apes" series originated. An enjoyable book about mankind on the wrong side of the bars in the zoo, with apes on the other side.
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