Planet of the Apes

· Random House
4.9
14 reviews
Ebook
208
Pages

About this ebook

Read the classic, chilling dystopian novel that inspired one of the world's most iconic film franchises

'A scintillating mix of sci-fi adventure and allegory' Los Angeles Times


In a spaceship that can travel at the speed of light, Ulysse, a journalist, sets off from Earth for the nearest solar system. There he finds Soror, a planet which resembles his own, but where 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...

'A drastic warning about where mankind's apparent desire to destroy itself might lead' The Mirror

Ratings and reviews

4.9
14 reviews
J.Cresswell Trading
April 5, 2017
Great book. Good to finally read it after all these years and see the differences between the 1968 film and the original story.
ANDREW BEECH
November 20, 2013
As a child I was enthrawlled by this imaginative story by watching it on the television. I am now 48 years old and have just read this suprisingly short book . It is a fantastic piece of science fiction,
Jay Davis
September 25, 2014
Really good, took me a day and a half to read. But it is really good.

About the author

Pierre Boulle was born in 1912 at Avignon. Boulle spent the Second World War fighting in Yunnan, Calcutta and Indo-Chine, where he was captured by the Japanese. After the war he lived in Malaya, the Cameroons and, finally, Paris, where he settled until his death in 1994.

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