When Ulysse and his companions try to interact with them, the humans act frightened and hostile, at first. Without clothing or language, the humans of Soror live in the forests, foraging for food and sleeping in groups. Upon landing on Soror, the three men quickly realize that the air is breathable and the food digestible. Embarking in the year 2500 and traveling near the “speed of light minus epsilon,” this crew of discovery reaches the planet they nickname Soror in a few years, while three hundred have passed back on Earth. Presented in the guise of a literal message in a bottle (but floating in space instead of water), Boulle’s text is narrated by journalist Ulysse Mérou who, along with Professor Antelle, the young physician Arthur Levain, and the chimpanzee Hector, embark on a voyage to the Betelgeuse region, three-hundred light-years away. Pierre Boulle’s novel Planet of the Apes is, like many of the author’s works, a social satire. If you’ve watched the 1968 Planet of the Apes film, that’s great. This is part of a series on French author Pierre Boulle.
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