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Rod Serling's original script was more true to the advanced ape society in Boulle's book; it had helicopters and planes chasing down humans.
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But Voltaire was brilliant and Boulle at his best had a wicked sense of humor.
"Lucy," a half-ape/half-human thriller by Laurence Gonzales Michael Sims 2010
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Since I did read the original La Planète des singes by Pierre Boulle, this animated series seems to be more in keeping with Ape City.
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In the novel, the astronauts had landed on a different planet ruled by apes, but author Pierre Boulle asserted that he preferred Serling's surprise to his own conclusion.
Dr. Franklin Ruehl, Ph.D.: 3 More Intriguing Factoids From the Sci-Fi/Horror/Mystery Genre! Ph.D. Dr. Franklin Ruehl 2012
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Three decades later, French novelist Pierre Boulle published "Planet of the Apes," whose heavy-handed satire (the apes drive cars and drink in nightclubs) inspired an American franchise of action movies.
"Lucy," a half-ape/half-human thriller by Laurence Gonzales Michael Sims 2010
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: I thought movies were based on the classic novel of that title by Pierre Boulle
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Ulysse Mérou, Zira, Arthur Levain - Mérou and Levain are space explorers; Zira is one of the indigenous inhabitants of the planet where they crash, the only one of the three whose name is also used in the film version of La Planète des Singes by Pierre Boulle (in English, Planet of the Apes).
Book meme - the answers djm4 2009
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But Voltaire was brilliant and Boulle at his best had a wicked sense of humor.
"Lucy," a half-ape/half-human thriller by Laurence Gonzales Michael Sims 2010
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Interesting to see different tastes displayed here - I happened to * like* Dream Park and Planet of the Apes (or Monkey Planet) by Boulle, and absolutely LOVED The Number of the Beast when it came out (I was 15 and had read every other Heinlein book at that point, which is kind of a prerequisite to enjoy Beast.)
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Three decades later, French novelist Pierre Boulle published "Planet of the Apes," whose heavy-handed satire (the apes drive cars and drink in nightclubs) inspired an American franchise of action movies.
"Lucy," a half-ape/half-human thriller by Laurence Gonzales Michael Sims 2010
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