by Pierre Boulle
Obviously this is the book that launched a thousand movies. Unfortunately, I do not think that it is possible to review it without referencing at least some of those movies. Its plot, surprisingly, is probably closest to the Tim Burton version. They share the same end twist, but it makes more sen...
Génial ! J'ai mis du temps à lire ce classique mais il vaut le détour, très bien construit psychologiquement, les descriptions sont parfaites, l'étonnement, le retournement, un bon livre de science fiction à dévorer :)
I don't know. That's it, in a nutshell. I don't know if you will like this book if you've seen the movie. It will probably depend on (a) how long it's been since you've seen the movie and (b) how much you liked the movie in the first place. I don't know because the movie was such an amazing piece of...
I read Boulle's Planet of the Apes years and years ago, and I remember really enjoying it without knowing quite why--except that it was better (of course) than the movie(s). Last semester, I was designing a class called 'Science Fact and Fiction,' which combines science writing with science fiction...
Amazing book! Yes, similar to the movie, but...I'm not going to spoil it. You'll have to read it for yourself to find out what happens. Lucky for you it's a quick read!
I read this for book my book group. I had high hopes. I have read some excellent science fiction from the 1960s - and have concluded it was something of a golden age for the genre. I also remember the Planet Of The Apes television series, and the original films, which I also enjoyed as a child. Th...
I read this book because I love the original movies and the 70s TV show and, as it's a sci-fi classic, I thought that I should. I was not expecting it to be particularly good, and so was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed it.At the start, I was rather irked that the translator more often ren...
Loved the irony, Pierre Boulle has a very fine dark humour which is put to good use considering the subject of the book. Not a hard book to read, I enjoyed it so much I read it in one day! I surely recommend it.
Caution: Vague Spoilers AheadI don't really think that I can do this book justice in my review. I thought that it was brilliant. I know that I have seen the movie long ago, and remember the big reveal at the end and Charlton yelling about damning everyone all to hell, but I don't remember much more ...
The primary interest for me in this book was how so very different it was from either Heston's or Wahlberg's cinematic versions.Uncharacteristically for me, the 1968 movie version is the best of the three (usually the book wins hands down).
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