Escape from the Planet of the Apes
by Jerry Pournelle
Planet of the Apes film novelizations (3), Planet of the Apes
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After Beneath the Planet of the Apes ended with the destruction of Earth, Escape From the Planet of the Apes took the only option open to it: time travel. The story finds Cornelius and Zira traveling back to 1973 on Taylor's spacecraft and navigating then-modern-day-America. The goofiness of the previous entry is gone as the characters, both Ape and Human, must navigate the philosophical ramifications of a paradox, where Cornelius and Zira could cause the very future they left. This feels like classic science fiction at its best, with all characters trying to do what they think is right, either for themselves or for the world, all while wrestling with larger philosophical issues. Jerry Pournelle's writing is up to the task and serves as show more a worthy successor to Pierre Boulle's work on the book that originated the franchise. show less
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Jerry Eugene Pournelle was born in Shreveport, Louisiana on August 7, 1933. During the Korean War, he served in the U. S. Army. He received a B.S. in psychology in 1955, an M.S. in psychology in 1958, and a Ph.D. in political science in 1964 from the University of Washington. He worked for Boeing and NASA where he worked on the Mercury, Gemini, show more and Apollo missions. He also advised the federal government on military matters and space exploration. He wrote science fiction and helped popularize the military science fiction genre. His first novel, Red Heroin, was published in 1969 under the pen name Wade Curtis. His other novels published under his own name included Janissaries, Starswarm, and The Mercenary. He also wrote novels with Larry Niven including Oath of Fealty, The Mote in God's Eye, Lucifer's Hammer, Inferno, Escape from Hell, and Footfall. Pournelle was widely credited as the first major author to write a published novel entirely on a computer. He wrote a witty advice columns for computer users in Byte magazine. He received the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer of 1973. He died of heart failure on September 8, 2017 at the age of 84. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Escape from the Planet of the Apes
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- Escape from the Planet of the Apes
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- 1973
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- Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971 | IMDb)
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