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Planet of the Apes
(Monkey Planet)

1970s film tie-in edition
Author Pierre Boulle
Original title La planète des singes
Translator Xan Fielding
Country Flag of France France
Language French
Genre(s) Science fiction novel
Publisher Livre De Poche
Publication date 1963
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
This article is about the book. Pierre Boulle ( 20 February, 1912 – 30 January, 1994) was a French Novelist largely known for two famous works Xan Fielding, born Alexander Wallace Fielding ( 26 November 1918 - 19 August 1991) was a British Writer This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of Literature or Information &ndash the activity of making information available for public view Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A hardcover (or hardback or hardbound) is a Book bound with rigid protective covers (typically of cardboard covered with Cloth Paperback, softback, or softcover describe and refer to a Book by the nature of its binding. For the 1968 film, see Planet of the Apes (1968 film). Planet of the Apes is a 1968 Science fiction / thriller film directed by Franklin J For the 2001 remake, see Planet of the Apes (2001 film). Planet of the Apes is a 2001 Science fiction film and Remake of the 1968 film of the same name.

Planet of the Apes is a novel by Pierre Boulle, originally published in 1963 in French as La planète des singes. Pierre Boulle ( 20 February, 1912 – 30 January, 1994) was a French Novelist largely known for two famous works French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people As singe means both "ape" and "monkey," Xan Fielding called his translation Monkey Planet. A monkey is any member of either the New World monkeys or Old World monkeys two of the three groupings of Simian Primates the third group being Xan Fielding, born Alexander Wallace Fielding ( 26 November 1918 - 19 August 1991) was a British Writer It is an example of social commentary through dystopia. A dystopia (from the Greek δυσ- and τόπος alternatively cacotopia, kakotopia, cackotopia, or anti-utopia) is the vision of a society

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Plot summary

The main events of the book are placed in a frame story, in which Jinn and Phillys, a couple out on a pleasure cruise in a spaceship, find a message in a bottle floating in space. A frame story (also frame tale, frame narrative, etc is a narrative technique whereby an introductory main story is composed at least in part for the purpose of The message inside the bottle is the log of a man, Ulysse Mérou, who has written down his story in hopes that someone else, somewhere, will find it.

Ulysse begins by explaining that he was friends with Professor Antelle, a genius scientist on Earth, who invented a sophisticated spaceship which could travel at nearly the speed of light. Ulysse, the professor, and a physician named Levain fly off in this ship to explore outer space. They travel to the nearest star system that the professor theorized might be capable of life, the red sun Betelgeuse, which would take them about 350 years to reach. Betelgeuse (ˈbiːtəldʒuːz or /ˈbɛtəldʒuːz/ ( α Ori α Orionis Alpha Orionis is a Semiregular variable star located 640 Light-years away from Due to time dilation, however, the trip only seems two years long to the travelers. This article discusses a concept in physics For the concept in sociology see Time displacement.

They arrive at the distant solar system and find that it contains an Earth-like planet, which they christen Soror (Latin for sister), "because of its resemblance to our Earth. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. " They land on the planet and discover that they can breathe the air, drink the water, and eat the local vegetation. They soon encounter other human beings on the planet, although these others act as primitive as chimpanzees and destroy the clothing of the three astronauts. Chimpanzee (often shortened to chimp) is the common name for the two extant Species of Apes in the Genus Pan. They are captured by the primitive humans and stay with them for a few hours.

At the end of this time, they are startled to see a hunting party in the forest, consisting of gorillas, orangutans, and chimpanzees using guns and machines. Gorillas, the largest of the living Primates are ground-dwelling Herbivores that inhabit the Forests of Africa. The orangutans are two Species of great apes known for their intelligence long arms and reddish-brown hair The apes wear human clothing identical to that of 20th century Earth, with the exception that they wear gloves instead of shoes on their prehensile feet. Prehensility or Prehensile is the quality of an Appendage or organ that has adapted for grasping or holding The hunting party shoots several of the humans for sport, including Levain, and capture others, including Ulysse.

Ulysse is taken off to the apes' city, which looks exactly the same as a human city from 20th century Earth, with the exception that some smaller furniture exists for the use of the chimpanzees. While most of the humans captured by the hunting party are sold for manual labor, the protagonist winds up in a research facility which is doing experiments on human intelligence. The apes perform experiments on the humans similar to Pavlov's conditioning experiments on dogs, and Ulysse proves his intelligence by failing to be conditioned, speaking and drawing figures of geometry. For other uses see Pavlov (disambiguation. Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (Иван Петрович Павлов September 14, 1849 &ndash February Geometry ( Greek γεωμετρία; geo = earth metria = measure is a part of Mathematics concerned with questions of size shape and relative position

Ulysse is taken in by one of the researchers, Zira, a female chimpanzee, who begins to teach him the apes' language. He learns from her all about the ape planet. Eventually, he is freed from his cage, and meets Zira's fiancé, Cornélius, a respected young scientist. With Cornélius' help, he goes to make a speech in front of the ape President and several representatives, and is given specially tailored clothing. He tours the city and learns about the apes' civilization and history. The apes have a very ancient society, but their origins are lost in time. Their technology and culture have progressed slowly through the centuries because each generation, for the most part, imitates those of the past, considered to be a recognized ape-like characteristic. The society is divided up between the violent gorillas, pedantic and conservative orangutans, and intellectual chimpanzees.

Although Ulysse's chimpanzee patrons Zira and Cornélius are convinced of his sentience, the society's leading orangutan scientists believe that he is faking his understanding of language, because their philosophy will not allow for the possibility of sentient human beings.

Ulysse falls in love with a primitive human female, Nova, whom he had met in the forest at the beginning of his visit to the planet. He impregnates her and this proves that he is the same species as the primitive humans, which lowers his standing in the eyes of many of the apes. However, their derision turns to fear with a discovery in a distant archaealogical dig and analysis of memory in some human brains. Evidence is uncovered which fills in the missing history of the apes. In the distant past, the planet was ruled by human beings, who built a technological society, and enslaved apes to perform their manual labor. Over time the humans became more and more dependent upon the apes, until eventually they became so lazy and degenerate that they were overthrown by their ape servants and fell into the primitive state in which our protagonist found them.

While some of the apes reject this evidence, others - in particular, an old orangutan scientist, Dr. Zaius - take it as a sign that the humans are a threat and must be exterminated. Ulysse gets wind of this, and escapes from the planet with his wife and newly-born son, returning to Earth in the professor's spaceship.

Again, the trip takes several centuries, but only a relative time of a few years to the protagonist. Ulysse lands on Earth, over 700 years after he had originally left it, and lands outside the city of Paris. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city However, once outside the ship, he discovers that Earth is now ruled by sentient apes just like the planet from which he has just fled (this is where his story on paper ends). He immediately blasts his ship off into space once more, writes his story, places it in a bottle, and launches it into space for someone to find. It is at this point in the story that it is discovered that the Jinn and Phillys, the couple who found the log, are chimpanzees. Jinn and Phillys dismiss the story written by Ulysse because a human would not have the intelligence.

Other media

This story of a dystopian ape society has been popular in other media as well. Boulle's idea has been made into movies, television series, additional novel adaptations, and a video game.

Films

Planet of the Apes (1968) was a groundbreaking science fiction film based on Boulle's novel, and was directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and starred Charlton Heston. Planet of the Apes is a 1968 Science fiction / thriller film directed by Franklin J Franklin James Schaffner ( May 30, 1920 - July 2, 1989) was an Academy Award -winning American Film director Charlton Heston (born John Charles Carter; October 4 1923 &ndash April 5 2008) was an American Actor of It was the vision of producer Arthur P. Jacobs, who commissioned Rod Serling to write the script, but the final version would be written by Michael Wilson. Arthur Jacobs ( March 7, 1922 – June 27, 1973) was a twentieth century Film producer responsible for numerous classic films of Rodman Edward "Rod" Serling ( December 25, 1924 &ndash June 28, 1975) was an American Screenwriter, best known Michael Wilson ( July 1, 1914 – April 9, 1978) was an American multiple- Academy Award winning Screenwriter Jacobs enlisted Heston (who enlisted Schaffner) well before any production deal was made, and Heston's star status was instrumental in gaining support for the film. They gained the support of Mort Abrahams after producing a short film demo which showed that the makeups (initially created by Ben Nye, Sr. , not to be confused with the design by John Chambers for the actual film) could be convincing enough to not appear funny, as most "monkey suits" up to that time had. John Chambers (b September 12, 1923 in Chicago, Illinois - d August 12, 2001 in Woodland, California In the English-language films, the apes are insulted when called "monkeys," but in the original book, no distinction is made because "singes" is a French word for both "apes" and "monkeys".

There were four sequels to Schaffner's film, creating a pentalogy, which also deviate from the finer points of the storyline in Boulle's book:

The 1968 film was reimagined in 2001 - see Planet of the Apes (2001 film). A sequel is a work in Literature, Film, or other media that portrays events following those of a previous work Analogy is both the cognitive process of transferring Information from a particular subject (the analogue or source to another particular subject (the target and Beneath the Planet of the Apes is a ( 1970) Science-fiction film directed by Ted Post, and the first of four sequels to 1968 's Escape from the Planet of the Apes is a 1971 Science fiction film starring Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, and Bradford Dillman Conquest of the Planet of the Apes ( 1972) directed by J Lee Thompson, is the fourth film of the Planet of the Apes series Battle for the Planet of the Apes is a 1973 Science fiction film and is the fifth and final entry in the Planet of the Apes series Reboot, in serial Fiction, means a discarding of much or even all previous continuity in the series to start anew Planet of the Apes is a 2001 Science fiction film and Remake of the 1968 film of the same name.

Television series

There were also two television series:

Comics

See also: Planet of the Apes (comic)

Novels

Original novel

Original film adaptations

Film adaptations and prequels to the 2001 version

Graphic novel

Television series adaptations

Animated series adaptations

Children's filmstrips

Chad Valley, a U. William "Bill" Rotsler ( July 3, 1926 - October 8, 1997) was an American author of several Science fiction K. toy company, produced 32 short filmstrips containing an original TV-series-era story, packaged as the Chad Valley Picture Show Planet of the Apes Sliderama Projector (very similar to the many Give-a-Show projector sets of the 1970s. These strips are extremely rare and difficult to come by.

Video game

Articles

Other references

See also

External links

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