**Before you see the movie, read the original novel!** First published more than thirty-five years ago, Pierre Boulles chilling novel launched one of the greatest science fiction sagas in motion picture history, from the classic 1968 movie starring Charlton Heston and Roddy McDowell, through four s
Planet of the Apes - 04 - Lord of the Apes
β Scribed by George Alec Effinger
- Publisher
- Award Books
- Year
- 1976
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 127 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
THE SCI-FI SERIES THATβS EXPLODING IN POPULARITY
Take two astronauts time-warped 1000 years into the future to find human civilization destroyed and the Apes in controlβand you have a terrifying vision of what the world may someday be like:
The Orangutans rule.
The clever Chimpanzees are the administrators and bureaucrats.
The powerful and brutal Gorillas staff the military and police.
And Humans are enslaved.
Only the astronauts Burke and Virdon, and their companion Galen are free in this savage world. But theirs is the freedom of perpetual fugitives . . .
βThe Tyrant,β based on the teleplay by Walter Black
βThe Gladiators,β based on the teleplay by Art Wallace
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