Now published for the first time in English, Stephan Wul's Fantastic Planet is a classic of science fiction and the inspiration for the award-winning 1973 animated film La Planete Sauvage. The last surviving humans are taken from Earth to the wild planet Ygam by the Traags, a race of blue-skinned, red-eyed giants. There, they become known as oms, used as lowly servants and regarded as savages. But little by little, the oms regain their thirst for liberty and rise up against the Traags to affirm their humanity in the face of oppression.
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Now published for the first time in English, Stephan Wul's Fantastic Planet is a classic of science fiction and the inspiration for the award-winning 1973 animated film La Planete Sauvage. The last surviving humans are taken from Earth to the wild planet Ygam by the Traags, a race of blue-skinned, red-eyed giants. There, they become known as oms, used as lowly servants and regarded as savages. But little by little, the oms regain their thirst for liberty and rise up against the Traags to affirm their humanity in the face of oppression.
