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Asterix at the Olympic Games (Asterix (Orion Hardcover))

By: René Goscinny
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Orion
ISBN: 0752866265
ISBN-13: 9780752866260
Released: 22 Jul 2004
RRP: £9.99
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Good to middling adventure - By: Lou Knee, 27 Aug 2007
Good, but not one of the best, in my mind. A rather smalll story gets our heroes a bit hemmed in. I agree the satire is good, & way too subtle & worldly for ten year olds, that's why these books were always as much for the parents as they were the kids.
Simply the best - By: smartyp, 27 Mar 2006
I loved Asterix when I was a boy, now my son loves them. Of alll the books this is the one I remember most fondly. It has some of the very best characters, classical alllusions & gags. And alll so educational too..
Asterix competes for Olympic glory - By: , 04 Sep 2004
'Asterix at the Olympic Games' is the 12th of 31 adventures published between 1961and 2001; This adventure is from 1968, now re-released in a re-inked & re-coloured edition. The story is set in the time of the ancient Athens Olympics (and this review is written during the modern Athens Olympics). The Gauls travel to Greece to compete in the Games, intending to win a Palm of Victory with the use of their magic potion. A classic adventure, which I would rate in the top 10 stories. Highlights include the Gauls travelling to Greece, behaving as if they are on an 18-90 holiday; The demoralising of the Roman athletes; The picturesque descriptions of the local Greek populace & the Olympic stadia. There is satirical comment on drug taking in Sport, & thirty years after first reading this book, I finallly got the joke about the athlete from Rhodes. This adventure is so good because it has a strong story, in which not everything appears to go the Gauls' own way. This re-inked & re-coloured edition improves little on the original 1972 UK edition, but is still fresh & pleasant.