Boulle, Pierre

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The good Leviathan

1978
A satirical novel on the launching of the Leviathan, the world's largest nuclear-powered supertanker, in which ecology-minded citizens fear for the earth's well-being.

The bridge over the River Kwai

1954
A satire on a certain type of British officer who clings to discipline even in a Japanese prison camp during World War II. He builds a bridge with prison labor and indignantly exposes a team of commandos when they arrive to blow it up.

Planet of the apes

a novel
2001
Explorers in space find a planet that is identical to Earth, with the exception that on the planet Betelgeuse the roles of ape and human are reversed.

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