{"id":2841,"date":"2021-08-27T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=2841"},"modified":"2024-02-08T08:36:07","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T08:36:07","slug":"book-review-destination-moon-herge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=2841","title":{"rendered":"BOOK REViEW: Destination Moon, Herg\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"512\" height=\"682\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tintin_16_DestinationMoon.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3069\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tintin_16_DestinationMoon.png 512w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tintin_16_DestinationMoon-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"155\" height=\"30\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Stars_10_Five-16.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2842\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Stars_10_Five-16.jpg 155w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Stars_10_Five-16-150x30.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 155px) 100vw, 155px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Part one of Herg\u00e9&#8217;s double-bill lunar oddysey &#8211; both parts written before mankind actually journeyed to the moon &#8211; this is classic stuff.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a scientist of international renown Professor Calculus gets involved in plans to put man on the moon, launched neither from Russia nor America, but the east-central European creation of Syldavia (also featured in <em>King Ottokar&#8217;s Sceptre<\/em>). Intrigues are as usual afoot, and Tintin&#8217;s pals are there to bring comic relief to our hero\u2019s earnest adventuring. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Sprodj atomic research complex is a largely underground affair, hemmed in by mountains, rather like a Bond villain&#8217;s lair, which is fabulous. There&#8217;s a wonderfully fraught rapport between the practically deaf Calculus and the irascible Haddock, culminating in some fantastically funny scenes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As well-researched as ever (meaning that you learn as you are entertained), beautifully and meticulously drawn, it&#8217;s a satisfying masterpiece, both of children&#8217;s storytelling and &#8216;bands design\u00e9es&#8217;, and sets one up for eager anticipation of <em>Explorers On The Moon<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Part one of Herg\u00e9&#8217;s double-bill lunar oddysey &#8211; both parts written before mankind actually journeyed to the moon &#8211; this is classic stuff.&nbsp; As a scientist of international renown Professor Calculus gets involved in plans to put man on the moon, launched neither from Russia nor America, but the east-central European creation of Syldavia (also &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=2841\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;BOOK REViEW: Destination Moon, Herg\u00e9&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paGwUa-JP","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2841"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2841"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11400,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2841\/revisions\/11400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}