John Sewell Member
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#17 · Posted: 4 Nov 2004 16:18
During my childhood in the 1970s / early 80s, me and my brother had all the then-available paperbacks, including Lake Of Sharks, an English hardback of Golden Fleece (which I got at the school Summer Fair bookstall for ten pence!), plus French hardback copies of Congo, Blue Lotus and the Blue Oranges film book, all picked up on two school trips to Paris. The last addition was the English Blue Lotus when it was published.
My brother's still got all of those books, and my 6 year old nephew's currently getting into them! I've been getting shiny new hardback replacements for the main colour series over the last couple of years, as I'm unlikely to get 'em back off my bro', and those old paperbacks are looking more than a little scruffy anyway (for example, I once lent King Ottokar's Sceptre to someone in the same class at primary school, and for reasons best known to himself, he drew a moustache and breasts on the cover picture of Tintin!).
Anyhow, at the moment, I've got:
Tintin in the Land of the Soviets Tintin in America Cigars of The Pharaoh The Castafiore Emerald Flight 714 Tintin and the Picaros Tintin and Alph-Art (new edition - I've also got Rodier's version, which I translated and printed out myself before the new one came out!)
The original plan was to get two a month, starting at either end with Soviets and Picaros, and then work my way in, meeting somewhere in the middle with Seven Crystal Balls. What with stuff like the new Alph-Art and the facsimile editions coming out, that's sort of been forgotten. I got the facsimile of Congo earlier this year, and America only arrived yesterday, courtesy of the Tintin Shop! (they'd run out of stocks of The Secret Ray, ordered at the same time, but they say it'll be sent on as soon as they get some more in.)
So, back on track next month, I should be getting Blue Lotus and Tibet to stick in my bookcase!
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