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Explorers on the Moon (The Adventures of Tintin) Paperback – September 30, 1976

by Hergé (Author)

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Book 17 of 25 in the Tintin Series

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The classic graphic novel. Picking up where Destination Moon left off, Professor Calculus and Tintin discover a secret agent has managed to sneak onboard the rocket with plans to hijack it and abandon everyone on the moon!

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Concluding the journey that began in Destination Moon, Tintin, Captain Haddock, and Professor Calculus are on their way to the moon, but unforeseen circumstances--innocent and otherwise--threaten the best-laid plans. Ever since it was first published in 1953, this technologically fascinating tale has probably been many kids' first glimpse of the mechanics involved in space travel, but the plot is as riveting as anything Herge ever wrote. --David Horiuchi

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It was bound to happen. Having journeyed everywhere from America to the Congo to Tibet, Tintin blasts into outer space. Together with his faithful pooch, Snowy, the spunky boy reporter has joined an expedition "based at the Sprodj Atomic Center, high in the Zmyhlpathian Mountains, in the kingdom of Syldavia." Following a perfect lift-off, the myriad misadventures begin, as the ubiquitous "certified detectives," Thomson and Thompson, are discovered on board--inadvertent stowaways who threaten to monopolize the ship's precious oxygen supply. All's well that lands well, however, as Tintin and his colleagues return safely. Except for two diverting spreads, the fairly pedestrian paper engineering adds little zip; the palette, too, seems somewhat attenuated for a tale of astronomical derring-do. Though the narrative is overlong for the pop-up book set, this disparity will probably not deter the intrepid voyager's many fans. Ages 4-8.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Age Range: 10 - 13 years
Grade Level: 3 and up
Series: The Adventures of Tintin: Original Classic
Paperback: 62 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; The Adventures of Tintin edition (September 30, 1976)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0316358460
ISBN-13: 978-0316358460
Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 0.2 x 11.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 85 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #25,146 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #281 in Books > Children's Books > Comics & Graphic Novels
- #512 in Books > Children's Books > Classics
- #1216 in Books > Children's Books > Action & Adventure

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simple and cute

ByWenman LIUon May 23, 2016

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pop ups are relatively simple but cute! If you are looking for Robert Sabuda or Mathew Reinhart style of pop-up books you might be disappointed. But if you are an old Tin-Tin + pop-up book fan, you'd find this book cute. I like the movable parts more than the pop-ups ones. The way the author illustrated drunk captain seeing 4 Thomson and Thompson is amusing and brilliant!

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Sacrilege! The handwritten dialogue has been replaced with a digital typeset!

ByKartika Anandoon December 13, 2011

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I was shocked to find that the dialogue in the story, handwritten in the original English versions, has all been replaced with a digital font. This completely changes the character of the story. Basically, 62 pages of calligraphy have been replaced with a typeset font. The font size is irregular, which is distracting, and there is a lot of empty white space in the dialogue bubbles.

The copyright says "First U.S. Edition: September 1976," but the names of the translators, which are included on editions of other Tintin books I have from the 70s, have been omitted in this edition. I'm not sure if the content has been edited.
This edition is printed in China. The old ones were "Printed by Casterman, S.A., Tornai, Belgium".

I would recommend purchasing the little 3-story hardbacks (about 6.5" x 9.5"), which seem to still have the original writing, or if you like the original large format (about 8.5" x 11.5"), look for an old edition from a used book store.

I think this applies to all of the new Tintin large format books.
I uploaded a customer image of the digital font to the Amazon "Look Inside" feature for Tintin Land of Black Gold.
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Update.
The Amazon "Look Inside" images are not from the current edition!
Amazon added images to the "Look Inside" feature the day that I made the above comment, but the images are from an old edition. You can tell by looking at the back cover. The old ones are "Printed in Belgium" and use the original title for "FLIGHT 714", which has been changed to "FLIGHT 714 TO SYDNEY" in the current editions.

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Great read!

ByStretch65on November 24, 2015

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I really enjoyed this book. It was well written, and the plot was excellent, a couple of twists and turns I didn't see coming. A lot of really well researched detail, and best of all, everything in the book was believable, plausible, and realistic! Recommend without any reservations. I am looking forward to the next novel in the series.

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A Classic never to be forgotten

ByKurogosaneon May 5, 2011

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What can you say its a classic. A simple but also an adventurous read. I read it when I was young and now my kids are reading it. Its at least the right comic book to read when the kids are young, especially when the comics these days when comic books represent to much violence, vulgarity and to much fiction, and yet only have action in them and nothing to fascinate the kids minds. These books are all against that and just plain yet clearly a novel type read.
Since this came out way before man actually made it on the moon can show how authors used to imagine the world to be. Also, there being comedy, some serious mysteries and situations, this makes it the perfect book.

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good quick read

ByDarren's boyon November 25, 2012

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I enjoyed this book, and couldn't put it down. The only complaint I have is how abruptly it ended, after being so invested in the story and the characters I would have liked to have seen a few pages with what happened after the final confrontation. Other than that if you are looking for a quick read, that is somewhat suspenseful (although you figure out who the murderer is in the first 1/3 of the book)I would pick this one up. It's free on Kindle right now, and one of the better free reads on here.

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Again, love it (but a young reader warning...)

ByNathaniel Allenon March 17, 2014

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I'm not planning on writing a review for every Tintin book I read, but I'll make an exception for this one.

This book appears to be in the original format, based on the editions I read read in the '70s, with the original hand-written font (I believe). Definitely not the reduced size, computer-generated font of the multi-edition series with the modern covers.

This is the 3rd Tintin I've purchased, for my soon-to-be five year old son. I gave much thought to the first one (Tintin in America), due to stereotypes / racial content, as well as lots of gun play and near death scenarios, and ultimately decided this was a "safe" way to introduce such content on my terms, versus cartoons and movies, which he isn't watching yet.

So I write this review only as a caution to parents -- this is the first Tintin that Herge kills off a couple of characters. One is a bad guy who is shot, the other a "redeemed" character who sacrifices his own life. Those two scenes, within pages of each other, give my budding reader more pause than any of the near death situations Tintin and the Captain faced in any of the stories so far.

Nightmare material? Possibly. But definitely points for discussion -- and this coming from a boy who is quite comfortable with the concept.

So again, not a complaint of this awesome series (which, afterall, is intended for older readers and adults), but just a fair warning to parents.

"Earth calling Moon Rocket, come in Moon Rocket..."

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Almost as good as his David Mapstone series set in Arizona

ByTerry Harrison October 25, 2016

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Almost as good as his David Mapstone series set in Arizona. Time will tell if he writes more of these. I would like to see more David Mapstone

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I enjoyed it when I was a kid

ByXING TANon January 7, 2017

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I enjoyed it when I was a kid. Now I read it to my son and he likes it too.

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The start of another great series.

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You can't go wrong with TINTIN ,great book

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