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ralfy · Mission Specialist Joined: 23 Sep 2014 Posts: 473

I've a copy of the book! The one I saw years ago in the uni library was entitled Monkey Planet. I'll read it next time and let you know how it goes.

Bud Brewster · Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2023 10:02 am Post subject:

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I confess that the only thing I remember about the book was an early scene in which the human sees a gorilla sitting on the ground in a forest, wearing the clothes of hunter, and hold a rifle.

I might be totally mistaken, but it seemed like such a lame version of the "human hunting" scene in the movie that I just lost interest it in the novel. Sad

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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
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mach7 · Quantum Engineer Joined: 23 Apr 2015 Posts: 395

Same here Bud,

I tried to read the book years ago, but I just couldn't get into it. My rule on books is, if i can't get interested in 50 pages I'm done with it.

The only exception, so far, is Hawking's "A Brief History of Time". I had to give that book about 75 pages, but it was worth it in the end.

Bud Brewster · Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 1:44 pm Post subject:

Pow · Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2024 9:59 pm Post subject:

From SyFY Wire.

Three Classic Twilight Zone Episodes That Foreshadowed Rod Serling's Script For Planet Of The Apes.

"I Shot an Arrow into the Air." First Season.
A rocket ship crew from Earth crash-lands on what they believe to be a desolate asteroid. In fact, they have crashed back on the Earth in the Reno desert.

"People Are Alike All Over." Season One.
An astronaut from Earth crashes on Mars. The Martians place him in their zoo as an exotic oddity. A case of humankind's delusion that they are the dominant lifeform.

"The Rip Van Winkle Caper" Season Two.
A group of criminals rob a train of its gold bullion. The thieves then go into hibernation pods secreted away in a hidden cave. When they awake, they discover that one of the cryo-pods was cracked from a falling stalactite which let out the specialized preserving gas of their cohort. He is now a long dead corpse.

Bud Brewster · Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2024 10:32 am Post subject:

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Hey, those are clever comparisons to the plot elements in Planet of the Apes!

Thanks, Mike! Very Happy

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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)