April 29, 2003
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.
Ooh. Why haven't I ever heard of this magazine before? I think now I'll have to go out and buy it.
Posted by: Sugarkane on April 29, 2003 05:30 PMYou should not buy anything by anyone who thinks Don Quixote is an adventure book.
Posted by: José Manuel García-Patos on April 30, 2003 06:56 AMThat'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.
Posted by: sugarkane on April 30, 2003 10:12 AMJules Verne must be in there. I am surprised he is not in the top ten.
Posted by: Sasan on May 1, 2003 02:25 AMInteresting 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 :)
Oh, and before I forget, what about "Treasure Island"? It makes almost any other list, why not this one?
Posted by: erik on May 1, 2003 04:43 AMWhat language do you think Don Quixote is originally written in?
Posted by: José Manuel García-Patos on May 1, 2003 09:25 AMSorry, I had overlooked Don Quixote on the list.
Posted by: erik on May 2, 2003 07:25 AMNo problem at all. I agree completely with what you said about Treasure Island. And with Sasan. It´s amazing there´s nothing by Jules Verne or even Emilio Salgari. Those were truly adventure books. A lot of people learnt to read with them. By the way, do you consider The Odyssey an adventure book? I think it´s more like an epic. Besides, it´s poetry and not prose, but I guess that doesn´t matter.
Posted by: José Manuel García-Patos on May 2, 2003 08:44 AMPost a comment
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