1962 / Audiobook / 144 pages / USA
***
A brilliant framework, piecing together a twisted account of preapocalyptic times through a variety of unreliable sources. A shame the stream-of-consciousness satirical odyssey itself doesn't really live up to it, though I'm sure it's caused much agreeable thigh-slapping down the decades.
1987 / Ebook / 116 pages / UK
**
I was up for a celebration and refresher, but got lectures on form, translations and other uninteresting topics instead. Not his fault; my misunderstanding about the nature of this series.
1991 / Ebook / 192 pages / UK
***
Not as good as Fortress of Assassins in either of its awkwardly bisected, thematically related halves, though it's only the interactive Grail quest that's of any interest, you might as well rip the other half out. It's pretty annoying and repetitive, in the classic arcade game tradition, but it creates the illusion of freedom well for the sort of inexperienced young readers this is actually aimed at. I enjoyed pretending to be one again.
1995 / Ecomics / 96 pages / USA
**
This tedious sequel to The Last Crusade reunites Jones & Junior without the chemistry as they race Nazis and Oirish stereotypes around the humdrum British Isles in search of another holy relic that's an open goal for Freudian innuendos, if that's your thing.
2007 / Ebook / 128 pages / USA
****
A meaningful case for your music being better than what the kids have today, incorporating the author's juvenile reviews that are better than I write now (even if he does go off on tangents about that honey Gloria Domingo from class).
