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Planet of the Apes (Paperback)

by Pierre Boulle (Author)
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  • Paperback
  • Publisher: Roc (1 Jun 1971)
  • ISBN-10: 0451046374
  • ISBN-13: 978-0451046376
  • Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 12.7 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Beautiful and Strange Journey, 18 Oct 2001
This review is from: Planet of the Apes: Monkey Planet (Paperback)
Planet of the Apes has written it's golden name in history thanks to the excellent film that was made in 1968. Nevertheless, the original novel is a little gem that has high value by itself.
Pierre Boulle wrote this book more as a fable than a Science Fiction novel. He wanted to comment on many aspects of society's present (and possible future) by constructing an upside-down world.
Thus, while Planet of the Apes is very original and amusing, it is mostly an intense social essay full of wit. It is a novel to make you think while you are being entertained. What else could we ask for?.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Scary, very scary, 11 Aug 2001
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This review is from: Planet of the Apes: Monkey Planet (Paperback)
This is written by Pierre Boulle, author of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'. Boulle was in fact held by 'Jap' (if I may use George MacDonald Fraser's term) during World War II. Knowing this gives the novel a darker, more profound aspect. In it the protagonist, a French explorer, travels to a distant planet and finds it is ruled by simians, whereas humans exist in a savage, animal state (whatever those words mean). In Boulle's hands, the line between ape and human blurs, and our human (all too human) preconceptions regarding the two species are challenged. This disturbing, enthralling tale can quite rightly be regarded as a classic. Read it. Scary, entertaining ... and troubling.
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6 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Frequently Aped (sorry), 29 Nov 2001
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This review is from: Planet of the Apes (Penguin Modern Classics) (Paperback)
I do not think that it would be right to review this book with reference to the 2 films that it has spawned. In it's own right it is a wonderful forray into the self-righteousness of man as a species. While the original film may well have been about sex, the book is far deeper and slightly more light-hearted in its cynicism, making the ending all the more shocking.

In fact, the book has little in common with either of the film adaptations although I would probably go so far as to say the new Tim Burton 're-imagining' is closer to the original text. That is why the original film is, in my opinion, much better than the recent production. If you are going to take somebody else's idea, at least put your own stamp on it.

Planet of the Apes is both funny and portentous. It is a ridiculous premise, of course, but it does put our own existence to the fore, making us look at how we treat others, be they animal or human. A Gulliver's Travels for the 20th Century.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Just finished this
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