Planet of the Apes Audiobook (Unabridged)

" It's a quick and easy read and quite the ripping yarn. Our human hero, Ulysse, is an appealing and compassionate intellectual, no "damn dirty apes" outcries here. Our chimp protangonists, Zira and Cornelious, are good natured but not hopelessly romantacized "good guys". They are only human after all... you know what I mean. Aspects of the book show up in the assorted movies but no theatrical version stays true to the intentions of the book which questions our ideas of intelligence and creativity. It is not the Ape revolution we need to fear, it's our own complacency and mental stagnation. Read this book. Then read another one. I for one, enjoy being the dominant species on Earth and hope that the video of a monkey washing a cat never ceases to be hilarious! "

" What I don't understand is this : How can a book go from around 128 pages (give or take) to 230+ in a 48 year time span. Hmm. Very Science-fictiony. I held the novella in my hand and it was paper-thin, like The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. I wonder how thick The Outsiders has gotten over the years. It must be magic. In any event, the plot to Apes was amazingly original & thought-provoking. Again, if you don't like Sci-fi, you might get bored with this subject matter. I, on the other hand, LOVED IT! "

" Compared to the film version, a lot less action, a lot more social satire in the vein of Gulliver's Travels. "

" Three parts thrilling adventure, one part healthy reminder of our arrogance. "

" Having known about the novel, I perhaps lost out on the element of surprise that may have come from a completely fresh reading, but liked it a lot nevertheless. "

" Interesting, funny, good book. "

" I enjoyed it, but was hoping for a little more tension. "

" Interesting Story to compare with movie. "

" Not that well-written (or translated) but definitely worth a read. The last part was tedious. But the blur between man and animal that Bouille explores I found quite visceral, thrilling and profound. I love the movie (Heston of course), but on an ironic level. This book I like on a non-ironic level. "

" Nothing spectacular, but the look at apes using psychology on human's was fun. If you like the movie, this might be a good read. "

" My brother owned the second book in this series, which I read several times, but I didn't get to this one until much later. It is an engaging an intelligent look at the nature of sentitence. I wish I could have found it in the original French. "

" I'd forgotten reading this as a kid until I saw it on Wiz's feed this morning (makes her wound like a horse!) Anyway, I loved it as a kid. From memory the book was basically split into the first two original Planet Of The Apes films and quite well written. "

" Very clever sci-fi, the film Planet of the Apes was (very) loosely based on this. "

" Satire at its best, the films but a pale aping of the original. "

" This is such a good book. Pierre Boulle also wrote The Bridge over River Kwai which is on my to-read list. But Planet of the Apes is short, entertaining and a great stunner ending! I dropped everything and read it in one afternoon. "

" I read this book over 25 years ago, but I distinctly remember that I thought the movie was so much weaker than the novel, as is usually the case. Planet of the Apes may very well have been the first time I noticed the differences between movies and the books from which they're made. "

" The movie is much better, along with its sequels, but this was still a good story. Overall, it is not the same story as the film, but there a bits that are taken from the book for the movie. "

" Very unlike the movie (both the original (my favorite) or the remake) but no less entertaining! "

" amazing book, it catches you since the first pages and keeps you in the edge until the end. Even if you watched and liked the movie you will enjoy reading it. "

" Did you know this was a book first? Scott gave it to me as a "congratulations! you finished the semester!" present. I loved it. Parts were disturbingly patriarchal, but I wasn't expecting anything this thoughtful. "

" So much better than the movie, at least the new version with Mark Whalberg, but my dad says the original movie is the one to see and someday I will check that out. The characteres here aren't much, but the plot is clever, has a few twists and will generally hold your interest. "

" This was a nice surprise and I wished it was longer. "

" Better than the movie with Marky-Mark. An excellent story with aspects that will be deeply familiar to anyone who's been too long in a strange and foreign land... "

" THE sci-fi classic. I've never looked at apes in the same way, always asking: what if? "

" Knowing the ending already took a lot of the excitement out of the book. However, it is different than the film in several ways. I thought it was edgy and probably very bold for the time it was written. "

" Reading this gives an interesting insight into the two incarnations of the movie. "

" Yeah-it's really a book! It's a rockin' good read! "