The Bridge On the River Kwai

History

BOULLE, PIERRE

Military

Vintage Classics

The inspiration for the classic cult film, Pierre Boulle's chilling, ironic novel portrays a nightmare world where ape rules over man.

Planet Of The Apes

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Penguin Uk

Planet of the Apes (Penguin Modern Classics)

Contemporary

Penguin Books, Ltd.

The original novel that inspired the films! First published more than fifty years ago, Pierre Boulle’s chilling novel launched one of the greatest science fiction sagas in motion picture history. In the not-too-distant future, three astronauts land on what appears to be a planet just like Earth, with lush forests, a temperate climate, and breathable air. But while it appears to be a paradise, nothing is what it seems. They soon discover the terrifying truth: On this world humans are savage beasts, and apes rule as their civilized masters. In an ironic novel of nonstop action and breathless intrigue, one man struggles to unlock the secret of a terrifying civilization, all the while wondering: Will he become the savior of the human race, or the final witness to its damnation? In a shocking climax that rivals that of the original movie, Boulle delivers the answer in a masterpiece of adventure, satire, and suspense.

Planet of the Apes: A Novel

Humor & Satire

Del Rey

1st edition Star 1985 1st printing paperback, fine In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

The Falklands Whale Paperback Pierre Boulle

Star

An impartial eye;

Secker Warburg

Planet of the Apes (Signet D2547)

New American Library

paperback in acceptable condition.

Planet of the Apes

Roc+

Time Out of Mind

"I am confiding this manuscript to space, not with the intention of saving myself, but to help, perhaps, to avert the appalling scourge that is menacing the human race. Lord have pity on us!"With these words, Pierre Boulle hurtles teh reader onto the Planet of the Apes. In this simian world, civilization is turned upside apes are men and men are apes; apes rule and men run wild; apes think, speak, produce, wear clothes, and men are speechless, naked, exhibited at fairs, used for biological research. On the planet of the apes, man, having reached to apotheosis of his genius, has become inert.To this planet come a journalist and a scientist. The scientist is put into a zoo, the journalist into a laboratory. Only the journalist retains the spiritual strength and creative intelligence to try to save himself, to fight the appalling scourge, to remain a man.Out of this situation, Pierre Boulle has woven a tale as harrowing, bizarre, and meaningful as any in the brilliant roster of this master storyteller. With his cutomary wit, irony, and disciplined intellect and style, the author of The Bridge Over the River Kwai tells a swiftly moving story dealing with man's conflicts, and takes the reader into a suspenseful and strangely fascinating orbit.

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction

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