Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Tie-Ins: Planet of the Apes

Starting with the 1963 novel La Planète des singes, Planet of the Apes includes three sets of films, a TV series, a cartoon, and tons of comics.  The below are novelizations unless otherwise noted.

1963: La Planète des singes by Pierre Boulle (basis for Planet of the Apes)

The original film series:
1970: Beneath the Planet of the Apes by Michael Avallone
1973: Escape from the Planet of the Apes by Jerry Pournelle
Collected in Planet of the Apes Omnibus 1
1974: Conquest of the Planet of the Apes by John Jakes
1973: Battle for the Planet of the Apes by David Gerrold
Collected in Planet of the Apes Omnibus 2
2011: Conspiracy of the Planet of the Apes by Andrew E. C. Gaska - untold tales illustrated novel
2017: Tales from the Forbidden Zone edited by Rich Handley and Jim Beard - anthology of stories set in the original series and TV show
2018: Death of the Planet of the Apes by Andrew E.C. Gaska - untold tales of Charlton Heston

Planet of the Apes TV Series novelizations by George Alec Effinger
1974: Planet of the Apes: Man the Fugitive - The Good Seeds and The Cure
1974: Planet of the Apes #2: Escape to Tomorrow - The Surgeon and The Deception
1974: Planet of the Apes #3: Journey into Terror - The Horse Race and The Legacy
1974: Planet of the Apes #4: Lord of the Apes - The Gladiators and The Tyrant
Collected in Planet of the Apes Omnibus 3

Return to the Planet of the Apes cartoon series by William Arrow
1976: Return to the Planet of the Apes 1: Visions from Nowhere - Flames of Doom, Escape from Ape City, and The Unearthly Prophecy
1976: Return to the Planet of the Apes 2: Escape from Terror Lagoon - Tunnel of Fear, Lagoon of Peril, and Terror on Ice Mountain
1976: Return to the Planet of the Apes 3: Man, The Hunted Animal -  River of Flames, Screaming Wings, and Trail to the Unknown
Collected in Planet of the Apes Omnibus 4

2001: Planet of the Apes by William T. Quick - novelization of 2001 movie version, collected in Omnibus 2 above
2001: Planet of the Apes Junior Novelization by John Whitman
2002: Colony by William T. Quick: Continuing story
2002: Force by John Whitman: prequel
2002: Resistance by John Whitman: a prequel to Force
2002: The Fall by William T. Quick
Two more novels were planned but not produced: Extinction and Rule

Rise of the Planet of the Apes - the only film to not have a novelization
2014: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: Firestorm by Greg Cox - prequel
2014: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes by Alex Irvine
2017: War for the Planet of the Apes: Revelations by Greg Cox - prequel
2017: War for the Planet of the Apes by Greg Cox
2018: Caesar's Story by Greg Keyes- spinoff

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