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Available
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Series
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Publication
ASA (2011), 62 pages
Description
The classic graphic novel. On their way to Sydney, Tintin and Captain Haddock run into an old friend, a pilot who offers them a ride on a private jet. But when the plane gets hijacked, Tintin and the Captain find themselves prisoners on a deserted volcanic island!
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LibraryThing member Artymedon
The unfortunate and recent disappearance of a Malaysian jetliner gave rise to many speculations over the reasons, rational and irrational, for this event. This led many pundits to read this Tintin adventure in which a private jet disappears suddenly between Macassar and Darwin. Terrorists and air
Haddock's fatal compassion act for a little man in the Airport who looked like a Airport hobo starts things going very wrong. He turns out to be the airplane manufacturer Laszlo Carreidas, a billionaire and invites Haddock, Tintin and Tournesol to reach their final destination, Sydney Australia, aboard his private jet.
Fans of "Tintinology" are not deceived. The villain Captain Allen reappears as well as Tournesol's pendulum and a bottle of Loch Lomond. Rastapopoulos gets the new look of a Texan businessman with a trendy black monocle and a pink shirt. A final TV interview reassures the reader. It all could have happened due to flying saucers.
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pirates, abduction by aliens, including a glimpse over how the 1% travel the world. Herge in 1968 had perceived the times to come with a lot of insight by putting his heroes on a Qantas flight to Sidney via Djakarta.Haddock's fatal compassion act for a little man in the Airport who looked like a Airport hobo starts things going very wrong. He turns out to be the airplane manufacturer Laszlo Carreidas, a billionaire and invites Haddock, Tintin and Tournesol to reach their final destination, Sydney Australia, aboard his private jet.
Fans of "Tintinology" are not deceived. The villain Captain Allen reappears as well as Tournesol's pendulum and a bottle of Loch Lomond. Rastapopoulos gets the new look of a Texan businessman with a trendy black monocle and a pink shirt. A final TV interview reassures the reader. It all could have happened due to flying saucers.
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LibraryThing member jemimahmatarau2012
the stories of tintin all have something in common. people are trying to track tintin to either kill him or capture him. tintin books are full of adventure and excitment as you get deeper into the book......
LibraryThing member bragan
Tintin and friends are on board a private supersonic jet owned by a weird rich guy when it's hijacked and diverted to an island, where the millionaire is held and questioned about his bank account details. And then for some reason, they're rescued by aliens.
Like the previous Tintin books I've read,
I think my friend chose this one to lend me because of the science fictional elements, but, honestly those were just... weird. On the other hand, the scene in which the kidnapper and the millionaire have a drugged-up argument about which of them is the bigger bad guy did actually make me laugh out loud a little.
Like the previous Tintin books I've read,
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this was lent to me by a friend who's a fan of the series. I don't think I'm ever going to be able to match his enthusiasm for it; I suspect it's the sort of thing you have to encounter early in life if you're really going to love it. But the others I've read have been at least mildly amusing, and that's true of this one, too. It's utterly ridiculous. But mildly amusing. I think my friend chose this one to lend me because of the science fictional elements, but, honestly those were just... weird. On the other hand, the scene in which the kidnapper and the millionaire have a drugged-up argument about which of them is the bigger bad guy did actually make me laugh out loud a little.
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Language
Original language
French
Original publication date
1967
Physical description
62 p.; 26.5 cm
ISBN
9789892313986