![]() ![]() Thirteen years prior to the start of Harrison Squared, Harrison Harrison (thus the name) lost his father at sea when their boat was attacked by a giant, tentacled monster. So I’m always on the lookout for a new book to put on my shelf. Also, the David Wong John Dies at the End series is spectacular (and he’s working on the next one!). Like, even for his era.īut the Peter Cline‘s books were nice little treasures for me a couple years ago. I love the Cthulu Mythos and cosmic horror genre.īut HP Lovecraft is not only pretty close to being unreadable – he was blatantly racist. Harrison Squaredby Daryl Gregory (4 stars) I’ve never been a huge fan of these movies – but this book was pretty good, all things considered. Because of her interactions with Ulysses (and especially their child), she starts to rediscover her humanity. She’s an animal.īut all the people here are intentionally dehumanized. She’s less than an unwilling participant, she’s incapable of being willing. There’s no respect there, because there’s no understanding. Their goal is to have them mate – and, while initially reluctant, Ulysses ultimately goes through with it. She’s basically an animal, and they are put together by the ape scientists performing psychological tests on them. In the book, he’s a lot more sympathetic.Įxcept for his relationship with Nova. Part of this was Heston’s acting (I’ve never been a fan), but part of it was the writing, as well. I hated Charlton Heston’s character in the movie. What, for me, really sets the book apart is the characterization of Ulysses. The frame story ends with the reveal that the space travelers are actually chimpanzees, and they dismiss the story of Ulysses as preposterous for having an intelligent human.Īll the social themes are spelled out in the book, and I think they’re probably handled a bit better. ![]() The ending surprised me because it’s basically the ending of the 2001 remake by Tim Burton – which, as I recall, was generally reviled by both audiences and critics. ![]() Everything looks as it’s supposed to – until they land, when they are confronted by a field officer who looks like a gorilla. At the end, when Ulysse returns to earth with Nova and their child, they are fly over Paris. It has a frame story with two space travelers discovering a message in a bottle that tells the story of Ulysse Merou, our protagonist. In the movie, Charlton Heston discovers that he has been on Earth all along, as the Statue of Liberty stretches, half submerged by the sand, into the sky.īut the book is somewhat different. Famously, the story ends with a surprising reveal.īut the most famous reveal – from the movie – is different from that in the book. However, the planet isn’t void of intelligent life the great apes have built cities, discovered science, and have language. When they finally reach their destination, they discover a planet filled with human beings….very primitive humans who have no language or material culture. Due to traveling near the speed of light, centuries pass on Earth. We’re all familiar with the basic story, right? A group of scientists board a ship bound for Betelgeuse (the second brightest star in the constellation of Orion, after Rigel). Pierre Boulle published two dozen novels in his lifetime – but he is most famous for the semi-autobiographical The Bridge over the River Kwai and this franchise creating science fiction story from 1963. Planet of the Apesby Pierre Boulle (3.5 stars) ![]()
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