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Asterix And The Falling Sky (Hardcover)

by Albert Uderzo (Author)
2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
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  • Hardcover: 48 pages
  • Publisher: Orion; Hardback Ed edition (14 Oct 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0752873016
  • ISBN-13: 978-0752873015
  • Product Dimensions: 29 x 21.8 x 1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 64,079 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'new readers and particularly children will enjoy the wonderful illustration, characters, and, most importantly, the humour of the latest book'


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'...combines its trademark graphics with a brand of comic-book art more readily associated with Alex Raymond's Flash Gordon series. Its format and jokes remain comfortingly familiar, and the later are still not afraid to keep one eye on contemporary concerns' (Toby Lichtig TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT )

'Asterix and the Falling Sky has done what few series manage to do - it has moved into the future while maintaining all the historical elements which make it so popular with fans around the world. Here's hoping for another album before too long, by Toutatis!' (WESTERN MAIL CARDIFF )

'new readers and particularly children will enjoy the wonderful illustration, characters, and, most importantly, the humour of the latest book' (FRENCH MAGAZINE )
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1.0 out of 5 stars Asterix and the Falling Sky, 24 Mar 2006
By C. Sharpe (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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Few Asterix fans would would not want to give Albert Uderzo credit for keeping the much loved series running single-handedley since the untimely death of partner Rene Goscinny. Every four years, without fail Asterix fans have a new album to enjoy and though the scripts have never quite managed to equal Goscinny's talents, Uderzo has done a more than capable job on that front, notably 'Asterix and Son' and the more recent 'All At Sea' being just as good as Any Asterix classic.

Which is why it hurts to admit the great man just may have finally run out of ideas. Asterix and the Falling Sky is quite simply the worst Asterix album ever. Aside from having the most improbable (and fairly ludicrous) plot, there is not one outstanding moment in the entire book.

An encounter between Extra-terrestrial good guys and bad guys reigns overhead whilst Asterix and company mostly observe and occasionally get involved. Had the adventure actually taken place in outer space it may well have been improved but you get the impression Uderzo just didn't have the energy to create an entire new world, and just settled for these non-spectacular Aliens (including a host of Arnold Schwarzenegger clones) slugging it out over the village we all know and love so well.

Without wishing to give away any of the plot (no danger of that when there isn't one) this is little more than a few half-baked ideas strewn together. The good guy Alien (named 'Toon') ultmiately rewards the villagers for their half-hearted assistance by erasing their memories so that they would have no recollection of this entire adventure. If only he could have done the same for me.

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22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars By Toutatis!, 15 Oct 2005
Dear Me, Dear Me, Dear Me. What can one say? Possibly one of the worst of the lot. It starts off with an interesting enough premise but then gets sucked into a dreary story about fighting aliens. The Romans are pretty much sidelined, the pirates get two (count em!) frames and the crowning 'Oh My God' a tribute to Walt Disney on the last page.

One strictly for fans and, given the time it takes to produce a book, if this is the last of the stories then more a Gaulish Famine than a Gaulish Feast

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2.0 out of 5 stars Dull and plotless, 18 Oct 2005
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A big disappointment. There is no real plot, the characters are predictable and there is none of the underlying humour that makes these books appeal to adults and children. In the past the Asterix book has managed to merge ideas that were out of time with the setting of Asterix (ie the discovery of America) really well, but it falls flat this time.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely terrible
Uderzo should be ashamed of this very unAsterix like adventure. It is appalling and has nothing to do with real Asterix stories at all. Read more
Published 19 days ago by Lou Knee

5.0 out of 5 stars Cobus Steenekamp
This book is in my opinion a great comedy. One thing that makes it in my
opinion a great improvement of all the Asterix adventures is that it has
completely new and... Read more
Published on 20 Mar 2007 by Ms. A. J. Steenekamp

2.0 out of 5 stars This Asterix album will appeal mostly to children.
This certainly is an odd entry in the Asterix saga. Perhaps Uderzo is running out of ideas, since he needed to introduce aliens. Read more
Published on 18 Nov 2006 by NoWireHangers

1.0 out of 5 stars Dire
I have learnt my lesson; no more Asterix. I recently found all my old copies and was struck by the wit and warmth displayed. Read more
Published on 27 Feb 2006 by Nicholas Connolly

5.0 out of 5 stars Welcome to 21st Century
This book brilliant. Its is witty, sharp, full of childrens' and adults' humour. Traditionalists will find it difficult as Uderzo is not living in the past but trying to... Read more
Published on 10 Dec 2005 by David M. S. Roy

2.0 out of 5 stars Very disappointed
As a 37 year-old, long-term fan of the Asterix series, I am very disappointed in this book. It has a very shallow story line, with little of the adventure and imagination that... Read more
Published on 17 Oct 2005 by Zoe Greenidge

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