Книга: 1987 Works: Ranma ?, Danube - Black Sea Canal, Asterix and the Magic Carpet, Tear Down This Wall, Chief Kno-Tah, Violin Concerto No. 1

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Ranma ?, Danube - Black Sea Canal, Asterix and the Magic Carpet, Tear Down This Wall, Chief Kno-Tah, Violin Concerto No. 1, Carhenge, Berlin, Totus Tuus, Spring Break '87, Welcome to Holland, Iron Man. Excerpt: Asterix and the Magic Carpet is the twenty-eighth volume of the Asterix comic book series , by Rene Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). It was first published in 1987. It is the fourth book to be published after the death of Rene Goscinny and is thus both written and drawn by Albert Uderzo alone.The full original French title was Asterix chez Rahazade ou Le compte des mille et une heures (Asterix meets Orinjade or the 1001 Hours Countdown ), a reference to Queen Scheherazade who tells the famous 1001 Arabian Nights collection of stories.Plot summary Watziznehm arrives in Gaul In the opening scenes, the Gaulish village inhabited by Asterix and his friends has been newly rebuilt by the Romans (it had been burned down in Asterix and Son ). Though Chief Vitalstatistix is trying to give a speech, he is interrupted by the bard Cacofonix , who is testing the acoustics of his new hut. This causes it to rain a pivotal point in this comic.A small, dark-skinned man suddenly falls from the sky and introduces himself as Watziznehm the fakir , who had been brought off of his flying carpet by Cacofonix' downpour. The carpet itself lands near the huts of Vitalstatistix and Geriatrix , causing there to be an argument between their wives as to whom the carpet belongs to. The result is an all-out fight between the villagers. Watziznehm however is delighted because it means that he has found the village of madmen which he was looking for having been told about it by a Roman trader. He soon settles the argument by terrifying the two ladies with a short flight.Watziznehm ex...