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James and Phyllis were spending a wonderful holiday in space.

Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle

May 27, 2020 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

The oddest thing about this book is that it’s by the same writer as The Bridge on the River Kwai and that he’s French. My American chauvinism scoffs at the idea that French-speaking astronauts would land on the Planet of the Apes and teach them French! But alas, what makes this book much more interesting than the movie, although the movie’s plot is not all that different, is that it takes its time. Our narrator is the first-person account of who would be Charlton Heston in […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: Pierre Boulle, planet of the apes

vel veeter's CBR12 Review No:297 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: Pierre Boulle, planet of the apes ·
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