tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post5487457418279506112..comments2024-03-27T19:07:19.133-04:00Comments on The Silver Key: Finding Deliverance in a dearth of heroic fantasyBrian Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05563309422791320114noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-18214400528782162072010-09-21T17:44:26.676-04:002010-09-21T17:44:26.676-04:00Brian- Sure, Into the Wild is great. The film th...Brian- Sure, Into the Wild is great. The film that was made a few years ago was a fairly good version of it, as well (though less balanced than the Krakauer book).<br /><br />I have a nice collection of 'adventure' nonfiction, some more like the rambling early chapters of Lord of the Rings, and some like the death march into Mordor. The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard or some of the other Antarctica literature is just unbelievable. The Long Walk by Slavomir Rawicz, about getting sent to Siberia, and then escaping over the Gobi Desert and over the Himalayas to India, is remarkable stuff (and I think is being made into a film as we speak).Eric D. Lehmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06463816538253906019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-60185432998033418772010-09-20T20:36:57.719-04:002010-09-20T20:36:57.719-04:00Francisco: Into Thin Air is about a tragic hiking ...Francisco: Into Thin Air is about a tragic hiking accident on Mount Everest which resulted in the death of eight climbers. Krakauer was part of the expedition.<br /><br />Dariel: I'm a huge fan of Gates of Fire (review here: http://thesilverkey.blogspot.com/2007/11/gates-of-fire-what-300-should-have-been.html), but didn't include it because I was referring to adventure fiction/non-fiction set in modern times. But I agree, great book.Brian Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05563309422791320114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-9381930216195180382010-09-20T04:28:01.840-04:002010-09-20T04:28:01.840-04:00May I add Steven Pressfield's Gates of Fire to...May I add Steven Pressfield's Gates of Fire to the list? A beautifully woven story of the Spartan stand at Thermopylae, and very inspiring.Darielhttp://hariragat.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-86342063020097588642010-09-18T12:40:08.554-04:002010-09-18T12:40:08.554-04:00I'm Francisco...I'm Francisco...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-33220214827019141142010-09-18T12:39:06.891-04:002010-09-18T12:39:06.891-04:00First blood by David Morrell is an excellent examp...First blood by David Morrell is an excellent example of that kind of modern fiction, in Spain we have Alberto Vazquez Figueroa, I don't know if he is translated to English but here is a kind os national besrselling author, he has tittles like Tuareg, Ebano(Ashanti), Manaos or the saga Cienfuegos about a young hero in the Spanish conquest of America, very well written and very documentated, in fact he was a real life actionman... diver and war journalist in Africa or Asia...<br />by the way what is Into thin air by John Krakauer about...?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-15891059591582860422010-09-18T07:42:25.999-04:002010-09-18T07:42:25.999-04:00David: This is a good one, I would be surprised if...David: This is a good one, I would be surprised if you read it and were disappointed. Plus it's less than 300 pages.<br /><br />Eric: That's an awesome story. Have you read Krakauer's Into the Wild, by the way? It's the true story of an offbeat young man who wanders off into the woods to try and live off the land, and gets into more trouble than he bargained for.Brian Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05563309422791320114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-28192876776654152142010-09-17T16:15:54.836-04:002010-09-17T16:15:54.836-04:00Absolutely right about the 'adventure' gen...Absolutely right about the 'adventure' genre satisfying many of the same needs. I tried to get one of my students hooked on these sorts of adventure stories, or rather on adventure itself.<br /><br />"Backpacking in the wilderness is as close as you can get to living Lord of the Rings" I told her. "It's scary out there, and you have to know arcane lore and skills to survive. The ability to track or start a fire with sticks is almost like magic."<br /><br />"But there are no dragons," she said.<br /><br />Oh well! At least I may have convinced her that Into Thin Air was an exciting read...Eric D. Lehmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06463816538253906019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-68411042864878683762010-09-17T00:24:10.646-04:002010-09-17T00:24:10.646-04:00You've convinced me Brian, yet another book I&...You've convinced me Brian, yet another book I'll have to track down on your say-so.nephite blood spartan hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17092519999184585295noreply@blogger.com