Pierre Boulle

Planet of the Apes

Holds up remarkably well as an examination of our humanity—and inhumanity—as experienced and interrogated on the eponymous Planet of Apes. The prose, in this English translation at least, is breezy and engaging, and the plot moves along perfectly. And the twist—even telegraphed as it is, though I’d forgotten all about it—is just as classic as the film’s own. 

Michael Klepacki

Tom Turner

** spoiler alert **
           When the Tim Burton remake of the 1969 movie was released there was an uproar, essentially because they had changed the twist ending. True, the twist the Burton film came up with was awful, but there is an irony in that uproar. You see, that classic twist from the original movie is not the twist in this book! I'm not going to say what that twist is, but thankfully it is on a part with the one we all know and live.

I love this novel, and really wish more people were aware it existed. I wouldn't be surprised if some people avoided it believing it to be a novelization of the movie, but no, this was published six years before the original movie! I think this is a must read for any science fiction fan, and movie historian.

A. D. Knapp

Lindy

A chilling dystopian vision of the ultimate role reversal, a cult hit since the 1960s. In a spaceship that can travel at the speed of light, Ulysse, a journalist, sets off from Earth for the nearest solar system. He finds there a planet which resembles his own, but on Soror humans behave like animals, and are hunted by a civilised race of primates. Captured and sent to a research facility, Ulysse must convince the apes of their mutual origins. But such revelations will have always been greeted by prejudice and fear...

Leonardo Gavaudan

Mackenzie Mossop

Ana Salas

Vladimir

Yan Aung

In a spaceship that can travel at the speed of light, Ulysse, a journalist, sets off from Earth for the nearest solar system. He finds there a planet which resembles his own, but on Soror humans behave like animals, and are hunted by a civilised race of primates. Captured and sent to a research facility, Ulysse must convince the apes of their mutual origins. But such revelations will have always been greeted by prejudice and fear...

Planet of the Apes

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