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Ted Gioia
Jan 01, 2000
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The fear that human beings will be displaced by some other species has been a major them in many science fiction stories. Usually this usurping power comes from outer space, although occasionally it is home-grown.

Pierre Boulle’s Planet of the Apes is a representative example of the genre, a classic account of homo sapiens finding themselves losers in th…

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