Movie was better.

This book was a lot of fun. I have had it sitting on my shelves for years, and just recently picked it up and started reading it. I don't know how this compares to the movie, but I like the world of The Planet of the Apes, so I will seek out more stories in this milieu to read. Sometime I am going to have to sit down with my son and start watching these movies with him from the beginning.

Read it when it was published as a movie tie-in. Liked it, liked the movie.

From Award Books comes the thrilling and action-packed novelization of Battle for the Planet of the Apes, the final chapter of Twentieth Century-Fox’s groundbreaking science-fiction series. Years after the ape rebellion and nuclear apocalypse Caesar rules a small city of apes and humans who live together in peace, but he accidentally provokes the mutated inhabitants of a neighboring city to arms when he trespasses on their territory while looking for records of his parents and their prophecies of what the future holds. Unlike the film, which was hindered by budget restraints, the book is able to deliver a lot of riveting action full of intense fight sequences and chases. There’s also more about the caste system that Caesar has built, with humans as second class citizens subservient to apes. Author David Gerrold does an especially good job at writing the characters, and at creating rich visual imagery. A captivating adventure, Battle for the Planet of the Apes provides a fun and exciting conclusion to this epic saga.

I read this as a kid, living on our farm in PA. The Planet of the Apes series touched the imaginations of my brother Andy and me.

Novelization of the fifth Apes movie. Okay, I bought it just because of the author and to complete the set.

Fifth in Series.

Even in book form this is the weakest entry of the series. It tried it's best at showing the beginnings of the mutants and their worship of the bomb and to show how the ape society might become that which we saw in the first film. It wasn't quite successful though even though it did fix the budget limitations the movie had. It was enjoyable enough but kind of thin and dull in places. The story, that is, not the writing which was good with what he had to work with. The novel did hint at the difference of the original novel 'Monkey Planet' in which the apes take over and continue on "aping" being human and use the technology and world the humans left and the movie 'Planet of the Apes' in which the apes keep nothing of mans world no matter how beneficial it might be except for the guns. I wish the story could have focused on this plot as one of the human characters only thinks about this for just a moment. This and the race relations between the humans and the apes. Which, too often, was only given lip service and nothing deeper. I understand that the movie was made after the decision was made to movie the franchise to television and therefore was to be made more "child" friendly and set up a world that would translate to a tv show. I will say I did love the humor and action in this as a child so I guess it was successful.

much like the film, this adaptation is my least favorite. based on the original and not final shooting script, this is just an ok adaptation.