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A review by wyrmbergmalcolm
The Mansions of the Gods by René Goscinny, Albert Uderzo
5.0
Julius Cesar comes up with his most cunning plan yet - to develop the forest around the Gaulish village and leave them as a backwater reservation for the indigenous Gauls. What follows is a hilarious tug-of-war between the Romans clearing the tress and the Gauls replanting them again. Some very concepts executed masterfully in this one. My highlights are the midnight shenanigans and Obelix not knowing how fast oak trees go.
These books are full of bright, fun and delightful characters who go on various adventures and get to beat up a bunch of Roman soldiers. Accompanying the story and the characters is a plethora of clever puns and word play that the translators should get a medal for. There are always a few gags or phrases in Latin that may mean nothing to the non-Latin speakers (such as myself) but Google can lend a helping hand there.
These books are full of bright, fun and delightful characters who go on various adventures and get to beat up a bunch of Roman soldiers. Accompanying the story and the characters is a plethora of clever puns and word play that the translators should get a medal for. There are always a few gags or phrases in Latin that may mean nothing to the non-Latin speakers (such as myself) but Google can lend a helping hand there.