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From: Charles Packer <mailbox@cpacker.org>
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Subject: Re: Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Date: Sat, 18 May 2024 07:55:07 -0000 (UTC)
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On Wed, 15 May 2024 22:50:42 -0600, John Savard wrote:

> On 14 May 2024 22:06:33 -0000, kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
> 
>>John Savard  <quadibloc@servername.invalid> wrote:
>>>I remember the original Planet of the Apes movie quite well, despite
>>>having only seen it on teleevision. That movie was justly praised...
>>>and then its many sequels were justly execrated.
>>
>>You should read the book.  It's also good, but different.
> 
> Actually, I did once read Monkey Planet by Pierre Boulle. In English
> translation, though, not the original.
> 
> John Savard

I understand from Wikipedia that the book has a framing story about
a man and a woman in a spaceship who discover the manuscript of the
main story. What was the point of that?