Planet of the Apes movie novelization [Mass Market Paperback]

William T. Quick (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 31, 2001

Trillions of miles from an Earth in political and ecological turmoil, Captain Leo Davidson has crash landed on a different world -- a terrifying place where people are in chains...and apes rule. Here, beneath twin suns, humans are lower creatures to be cornered, captured and broken, suitable only for the amusement of their simian masters, for hard labor, laboratory experimentation, and breeding. But Leo Davidson has brought something unthinkable to the Planet of the Apes: rebellion. And in the all-consuming fire to come, a future will be determined...and a past as well.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 280 pages
• Publisher: HarperEntertainment (July 31, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 006107635X
• ISBN-13: 978-0061076350
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,190,269 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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I'm the author of twenty-eight published books, including the seminal cyberpunk cult hit DREAMS OF FLESH AND SAND, (the first book of THE DREAM TRIO) the best-selling prehistoric thriller THE LAST MAMMOTH, (writing as Margaret Allan), dozens of shorter works of fiction, and several screenplays for film and television.

I started out typing poetry at the age of thirteen on an Underwood portable that smelled of mothballs, machine oil, and rust. Currently, my writer's toolkit includes desktop, notebook, and pad computers equipped with voice recognition systems, and a smartphone so I can carry much of my brainpower with me.

Lately, as print publishing continues its chaotic collapse into the digital age, I've slowed down a bit, though I do try write at least one book a year. In one of my early novels, I had a character ordering groceries online - long before the WWW existed. Today, I do that very thing myself.

I write a well-known and respected libertarian-conservative blog called The Daily Pundit, where, on New Year's Day, 2002, I named the Blogosphere. I also maintain an emergency preparedness site called Survival-Preps.com.

Currently I am at work on a massive trilogy called The Fall of the American Republic, which tells the story of an America in financial, social, and political collapse after a catastrophic terror attack on the states west of the Rockies.

You can always reach me at: [e-mail], or drop by Daily Pundit. I try to keep my bibliography current at www.iw3p.com. Email me, or say hi at the blog. I always look forward to hearing from my readers!

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Where gorillas are chimps are orangutans?, August 8, 2001

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This review is from: Planet of the Apes movie novelization (Mass Market Paperback)

I purahased this book hoping to find something that would flesh out the background of the film more. More importantly, I purchased this because it was the only thing like science-fiction to be found on the rack.

The biggest problem is the writer's (and editors') lack of an idea of what an ape is! They don't even have a grasp of the idea that there are difference species of them: they think that calling a "chimp" a "gorilla" is OK: just like calling a "dog" a "canine". It is not just an occasional mistake; rather, it is mistakes on just about every page.

1) Apes are commonly called monkeys, even by Leo, who works with apes and should know that apes are not monkeys. 2) Limbo the slave trader is introduced as a properly-colored orangutan, and then is called a chimp in the next few paragraphs, and for just about all the book. 3) General Thade? Sometimes he is a gorilla, and sometimes he is a chimp. Only Attar and Ari seem to be immune from this sloppiness, staying the same species from page to page. 4) At one point, even howler monkeys are called apes.

Imagine the Lion King, in which Simba turns into a tiger and back into a lion with no explanation. Imagine reading "Jaws", and having the oceonographer character call the great white shark a "whale" most of the time. Chewbacca the Hutt? Worf, the stoic Ferengi member of the Enterprise crew? It's about like that, an overwhelming annoyance that is in your face all the time in this book, and never consistent.

Despite this, I found it readable, especially compared to certain torturously boring film adaptations I have read. This is due to its brevity. It did lack any sort of explanation or background that would have shored up the film story.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars An Unconvincing Novelization, September 7, 2001

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Pablo Iglesias Alvarez "Glossu" (Mexico City, D.F. Mexico) - See all my reviews
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Seems to me that the publishing house called William T. Quick and asked him to do the novelization of Tim Burton's film, and probably they also told him to do it "quick"!. Anyway, the result we get is a poorly written book, made without passion for the Planet of Apes theme and full of errors.

A proof that the author doesn't have much respect for the concepts behind "Planet of the Apes" is the fact that he continually names the Apes as "monks", "chimps", and -yes, beleive it-, "men" (as when he mentions "Attar's men" referring to Attar's troops).

Even worst is the fact that after introducing the Limbo character as an Orangutang (as it should be), for the rest of the story Quick calls him a "Chimp". Probably this author thinks that there is not much difference...

You won't find here much more insight into some characters that the film left underdeveloped (like Daena, Attar, Karubi). The landscapes are described without any life and the action is told in a confusingly and uninteresting manner.

In brief, I will only recommend this book for those Planet of the Apes fans (yes, I am one of those) that want to complete their collections.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Just go watch the movie, August 30, 2001

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Thradar (Pacific Northwest) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Planet of the Apes movie novelization (Mass Market Paperback)

I really don't understand why anyone would want to read a movie tie-in version of this story. A movie tie-in book is created when someone throws the script at an author and says "Turn that into a book so we can make some more cash." Absolutely nothing new is added, no background, nothing...and it is true here. If you want background on how the story came about, go read the original book on which this movie and the original movie is based: Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle which can be found right here on Amazon. It was written in the 50s (or 60s), and is COMPLETELY different than Tim Burton's movie or this tie-in novel. But that's not a bad thing because it is infinately more cerebral...and it's simply a better story.