Planet of the Apes
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By Pierre Boulle. The Vanguard Press, Inc., New York, 1963. Library of Congress Card Number: 63-21843
This science fiction story, which is far different from the movies, begins with a fantastically fast solar sail. A quote from the book describing the sail can be found at U3P, under "The Solar Sail" and "Sails Models".
