Comments on: greatest adventure books?

By: Jos

Jos — Fri, 02 May 2003 13:44:54 +0000

No problem at all. I agree completely with what you said about Treasure Island. And with Sasan. It

By: erik

erik — Fri, 02 May 2003 12:25:21 +0000

Sorry, I had overlooked Don Quixote on the list.

By: Jos

Jos — Thu, 01 May 2003 14:25:16 +0000

What language do you think Don Quixote is originally written in?

By: erik

erik — Thu, 01 May 2003 09:43:02 +0000

Oh, and before I forget, what about “Treasure Island”? It makes almost any other list, why not this one?

By: erik

erik — Thu, 01 May 2003 09:41:53 +0000

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 :)

By: Sasan

Sasan — Thu, 01 May 2003 07:25:45 +0000

Jules Verne must be in there. I am surprised he is not in the top ten.

By: sugarkane

sugarkane — Wed, 30 Apr 2003 15:12:26 +0000

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.

By: Jos

Jos — Wed, 30 Apr 2003 11:56:54 +0000

You should not buy anything by anyone who thinks Don Quixote is an adventure book.

By: Sugarkane

Sugarkane — Tue, 29 Apr 2003 22:30:08 +0000

Ooh. Why haven’t I ever heard of this magazine before? I think now I’ll have to go out and buy it.