Feature: "Planet of the Apes"

Featured Book:  "Planet of the Apes" by Pierre Boulle

Format- Kindle E-Book, 274 pages.  Del Rey, Random House Digital, Inc.  ASIN: B004JHYK7O

Planet of the Apes is probably best known for the movies with stars like Charlton Heston and Roddy McDowall.  Half naked human apes running around wild and clothed non-human apes being the most civilized beings on perhaps a not so unfamiliar planet is a wonderful story (for a movie or novel). 

Luckily for the interested reader Pierre Boulle the author of Planet of the Apes (the original French novel that started the mass media explosion) is a widely available and interesting read.  A simple search will still turn up today a mass market or e-book edition of this novel that really should be read in one sitting.

The astute reader or Apes fan may realize certain twists and turns will be hinted at prior to full revelation within the novel.  Spoilers aside this novel could have benefited from perhaps less foreshadowing for one or two twists. 

If you are an anthropologist or just like awesome talking (non-human) apes this novel is surely one not to pass up.

Next Featured Book:  "The Colour of Magic", The First Discworld Novel by Terry Pratchett

Update 6/19/2012:  Game plan changed.  Next book will be "The Once and Future King" and it will be broken up into three posts with the first featuring the first part of the book The Sword In The Stone. 

English!  Do you speak it?