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garden of the moon[edit]

I have a novel by Mssr. Boulle in my collection titled "Garden on the Moon", copyright 1964, but this novel does not appear in the article. In fact, I believe he had several novels published after this list ends. He lived until 1994! 128.147.38.10 - 21:13, 1 May 2006

I think it's odd that an article about an award-winning author discusses only two of his works. Can this be considered a stub? Surely he wrote more than two pieces that are considered noteworthy, and there is nothing here about his personal history except for the events that inspired Kwai. Canonblack 13:31, 25 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nearly three years later there is still too little said here about works other than Planet and Bridge and still too little biography not relating to Planet and Bridge.TheScotch (talk) 07:20, 12 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

apart from Planet and Bridge, all I've read by him is Professor Mortimer. It is possibly my favourite of the three. Fuficius Fango (talk) 16:12, 13 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

monkey planet[edit]

Re: this edit[1] - why was "Monkey Planet" removed? -- Stbalbach 15:44, 28 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I put the real (French) title and the original English translation title in the list of novels, so at least some reference to Monkey Planet is now restored.TheScotch (talk) 07:19, 12 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Pierre Boule[edit]

The list of novels listed as writer is incomplete:

The book " Les jeux de l'esprit " is one of his most important one, criticizing the modern society to be brainwashed by sports for the masses so the reality of the world politics is then hidden to the citizenry as it happens now in our war time in the US of A.

Planet of the Apes section seems somewhat irrelevant[edit]

A large chunk of the Planet of the Apes section concerns the sequels to the films and TV series, which had nothing to do with Pierre Boulle - and is already well documented at Planet of the Apes (1968 film). Mattmm (talk) 21:06, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I agree.TheScotch (talk) 06:17, 12 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Did Boulle speak English?[edit]

Is it really true that Boulle did not speak English? The article says "by his own admission, not even speaking English". If so, why did he choose to serve "as a secret agent under the name Peter John Rule"? That sounds pretty English. The article also says "he worked as a technician on British rubber plantations in Malaya." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.80.42.74 (talk) 09:20, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Also, how did he run special operations in Burma and China, where French is not widely spoken? --Hors-la-loi (talk) 12:00, 23 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Pierre Boulle did not deliver shortest ever Academy Awards acceptance speech[edit]

I removed

(He gave what is said to be the shortest acceptance speech in Academy Award history, the single word "Merci".)

There are various sources (just Google "pierre boulle" "kim novak," both in the same single Google search) that state that Pierre Boulle was absent from the awards ceremony and the award was accepted on his behalf by Kim Novak, notably the IMDb page on Pierre Boulle (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0099541/) and Richard Crouse on page 203 of his book Reel Winners (http://books.google.com/books?id=q5Q4l1AhELcC&pg=PA203&lpg=PA203&dq=%22kim+novak%22+%22pierre+boulle%22&source=bl&ots=W-nFDw6Mzz&sig=Q7aju1mqbZIU7wJiqqiHlKwPAWg&hl=en#v=onepage&q=%22kim%20novak%22%20%22pierre%20boulle%22&f=false).

There are also various sources that credit Alfred Hitchcock and/or William Holden with the shortest ever Academy Awards acceptance speech for having only said "Thank you." --Fer(di)nand(o) Sant (talk) 14:18, 10 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

So, WHERE was he actually imprisoned during WWII[edit]

Was he ever anywhere near the Death Railway POW camps, in either Thailand or Burma? Where was he, exactly, and for what length of time? Every one of these camps has a number or name. Where was he? This would seem to be a critical fact to this man's biography and Wiki article, yet is entirely missing from this article.Starhistory22 (talk) 22:43, 21 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

May need protection as main page link[edit]

It looks like this is taking unwanted edits off the traffic expected as a main page link for the featured article. It may be worth it to protect it for a bit as a result. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.185.216.135 (talk) 03:52, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]