Planet of the Apes - Pierre Boulle

Planet Of The Apes, or my much preferred title of Monkey Planet as the book was originally called, is a classic sci-fi novel from the sixties made famous by the fact that it inspired a series of movies, a T.V show and more recently a Tim Burton film. Did you know that this writer was also the man responsible for the book, The Bridge Over The River Kwai which was also famously filmed? No, neither did I but then you learnm something new every day. Another thing you might be interested to learn is that this is another timeless sci-fi classic, much like the recently reviewed Roadside Picnic, that is brilliant in it's own right but that also establishes its own ...  Read the complete review