Explore: Stories of Survival From Off the Map

An interesting cross-section of tales from both geographical and spiritual explorers across the ages, covering all sorts of wondrous discovery, frustration, elation and despair. I was immediately engrossed, but, in several cases, I would have liked to have more of the tales included. This is, I suppo......more

I was gonna give this book one star but I upped it because of the last story alone......more

Could've done without the last story, i.e., Brodkey's drivel.......more

This book is a collection of true-life exploration/adventure tales taken from books and magazine articles written by the contributing authors. The adventures take place in a variety of settings- South American jungles, Peruvian highlands, Arctic ice fields, Himalayan mountains, etc... The final stor......more

The last piece is a moving existential reflection on a slow death from AIDS written by Harold Brodkey who died in 1996. To me it is the bravest writing in the collection, but it does not really fit the theme of the book unless the meaning of the word 'explore' is stretched as far as it can go. Why w......more