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Lost in Space

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The year is 2046. A Mother Ship containing a number of Jupiter Class Colony Ships are on their way...

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Mission To Zyxx

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MISSION TO ZYXX is an improvised science fiction podcast following a team of ambassadors as they...

The A-Z of C S Lewis: An Encyclopaedia of His Life, Thought and Writings

Colin Duriez

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This fascinating volume brings together all the aspects of C S Lewis's life and thought. It will...

Among Others

Jo Walton

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'It doesn't matter. I have books, new books, and I can bear anything as long as there are books.'...

Tales of Horror

Edgar Allan Poe

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A murderer is forced to reveal his crime by the sound of a beating heart, a mysterious figure wreaks...

Patience

Daniel Clowes

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Patience is an indescribable psychedelic science-fiction love story, veering with uncanny precision...

Tom Turner (388 KP) rated Planet Of The Apes in Books

Apr 29, 2021

Planet Of The Apes

Pierre Boulle | 1963 | Science Fiction/Fantasy

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When the Tim Burton remake of the 1969 movie was released there was an uproar, essentially because they had changed the twist ending. True, the twist the Burton film came up with was awful, but there is an irony in that uproar. You see, that classic twist from the original movie is not the twist in this book! I'm not going to say what that twist is, but thankfully it is on a part with the one we all know and live.

I love this novel, and really wish more people were aware it existed. I wouldn't be surprised if some people avoided it believing it to be a novelization of the movie, but no, this was published six years before the original movie! I think this is a must read for any science fiction fan, and movie historian.