greatest adventure books?
Book Magazine is running one of those lists that intrigues and delights and annoys all at once. They picked the “50 greatest adventure books of all time.” They only list the top 10 on their page, though. You’ll have to buy the magazine to see the rest.
April 29th, 2003 at 5:30 pm
Ooh. Why haven’t I ever heard of this magazine before? I think now I’ll have to go out and buy it.
April 30th, 2003 at 6:56 am
You should not buy anything by anyone who thinks Don Quixote is an adventure book.
April 30th, 2003 at 10:12 am
That’s interesting. I haven’t read Don Quixote so I couldn’t say. I was referring more to the magazine in general. It’s refreshing to see any magazine that deals with books at all.
May 1st, 2003 at 2:25 am
Jules Verne must be in there. I am surprised he is not in the top ten.
May 1st, 2003 at 4:41 am
Interesting that an originally greek story makes the list, but no other foreign language books. Is the implication that adventure books in German or French or any other language inherently can’t be as interesting as English ones?
I remember that one of my favourite adventure books was a German book called “Die lange lange Strasse lang”, which I would translate roughly as “Along the long long road”. It is the story of a man who flees from a Russian prisoner-of-war camp in Siberia and then walks all the way home to then West-Germany. I would have thought it deserved at least a look-in on the list :)
May 1st, 2003 at 4:43 am
Oh, and before I forget, what about “Treasure Island”? It makes almost any other list, why not this one?
May 1st, 2003 at 9:25 am
What language do you think Don Quixote is originally written in?
May 2nd, 2003 at 7:25 am
Sorry, I had overlooked Don Quixote on the list.
May 2nd, 2003 at 8:44 am
No problem at all. I agree completely with what you said about Treasure Island. And with Sasan. It