"Boulle's novel, although frequently referred to as a classic, is a startlingly mediocre piece of writing, with its ham-handed ironies about civilizations and bestiality, barely able to sustain its single inspired idea - a world in which men become the lower order of primates, and apes are, so to speak, top dog."
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From Jay Carr, Boston Globe.
I heartily agree that Boulle's novel and the entire Apes series is pretentious crap. A juvenile attempt at dealing with social issues that falls flat on all accounts. Insipid.
And I like Heston & the 1st babe in the 1st movie.

-philw (see, I can agree with the Liberal Globe now & then)