Author: Rich Handley

Softcover, 322 pages

Planet of the Apes, a classic post-apocalyptic sci-fi drama, has riveted audiences with its stunning performances, brilliant make-up work, resonant soundtrack and powerful statements on humanity, science and religion, as well as the jaw-dropping revelation in its legendary final moments. But the 1968 film was just the beginning of the story. Four sequels, two TV series, two film remakes, and more than a dozen novels and 120 comic books later, POTA remains a vibrant and relevant mythos. Mining this extensive wealth of material, as well as rejected or unpublished tales unavailable to fans, Timeline of the Planet of the Apes explores: 

• How a small-scale simian rebellion grew into a planet-wide reversal of fates for humanity and apekind
• How the apes acquired sapience and the power of speech―while man descended into mute savagery
• Where the plague that ravaged the planet Earth originated, and the effects it had not only on man and ape, but on other creatures as well
• The unique simian and human cultures that spawned around the globe in the aftermath of a nuclear holocaust―and how the Statue of Liberty ended up in pieces on a desolate beach

Written by Lexicon of the Planet of the Apes author Rich Handley, Timeline examines these and other questions, presenting every recorded event of the Apes saga, in its proper chronological context―from long before Caesar's birth to far beyond Earth's destruction. No other reference book has covered the saga's expanded universe so completely.

Along with a detailed timeline spanning millennia, Hasslein Books' debut title also features a gallery of more than 350 cover images, a recommended viewing/reading order, an examination of time travel in the Planet of the Apes mythos (on screen and in print), and a title/creator fiction index―plus, insightful notes discussing preliminary and discarded story concepts, inconsistencies and discontinuities, unpublished lore and other fascinating trivia.

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