{"id":2845,"date":"2021-08-27T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=2845"},"modified":"2024-02-08T08:36:32","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T08:36:32","slug":"book-review-explorers-on-the-moon-herge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=2845","title":{"rendered":"BOOK REViEW: Explorers on the Moon, Herg\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Pt. II of Herg\u00e9&#8217;s epic lunar odyssey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"511\" height=\"682\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tintin_17_ExplorersMoon.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3073\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tintin_17_ExplorersMoon.png 511w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tintin_17_ExplorersMoon-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><\/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-17.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2846\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Stars_10_Five-17.jpg 155w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Stars_10_Five-17-150x30.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 155px) 100vw, 155px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Having left Tintin and his fellow crew-members blacked-out aboard the moon rocket, <em>Explorers On The Moon<\/em> picks up where the final cliff-hanging page of <em>Destination Moon<\/em> left off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Without giving anything away, suffice it to say that Herg\u00e9&#8217;s lunar exploration adventure doesn&#8217;t disappoint. With the hindsight we now have, parts appear by turn cutely fantastical or strikingly &#8216;prophetic&#8217;, given that Herg\u00e9 was dreaming this all up on terra firma, prior to the actual moon-landings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As usual there&#8217;s action, adventure, excitement and comedy. As well as the expected buffoonery of, for example, Capt. Haddock, there&#8217;s also villainy, heroism and tragedy, making this particular episode one of the darker Tintin stories, but all served up with that endearing boy-scout old-school adventurousness that makes all of these stories such enduring classics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wonderful!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pt. II of Herg\u00e9&#8217;s epic lunar odyssey. Having left Tintin and his fellow crew-members blacked-out aboard the moon rocket, Explorers On The Moon picks up where the final cliff-hanging page of Destination Moon left off. Without giving anything away, suffice it to say that Herg\u00e9&#8217;s lunar exploration adventure doesn&#8217;t disappoint. With the hindsight we now &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=2845\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;BOOK REViEW: Explorers on the 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-JT","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2845"}],"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=2845"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11401,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2845\/revisions\/11401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}