![]() ![]() I had my dim notions gleaned from references to the movies, but the book proved somewhat different. I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect of Planet of the Apes. The planet is very much like earth, except the humans are like animals and apes are the sentient beings – the orangutans, gorillas and chimpanzees. But when they arrive on the planet (Soror) that circles the star, they find things to be rather different than they expected. They leave fully knowing that when they return to earth, thousands of years will have passed. Space/time traveler/journalist Ulysse Merou travels through space from Paris with an eccentric, brilliant professor and his assistant to the distant star of Betelgeuse. ![]() ![]() Most people know the basic idea of the story. He was a Frenchman who worked as a spy for the British during WWII, but was turned in by a Vichy Frenchman and spent two years in a prison camp until he escaped. ![]() Planet of the Apes was published in 1963 and was authored by Pierre Boulle (who also penned the novel The Bridge Over the River Kwai in 1952). However, before I do so I wanted to read the novel that begat such a long-lived franchise. I have not seen any Planet of the Apes movies, but I’ve been intending to go on a Planet of the Apes watching spree – from 1968 to 2014. ![]()
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