Jeremy's comments (member since Jul 31, 2008)

Jeremy's comments from the Travel Literature Makes My Heart Beat Faster.. group.

Robert Louis Stevenson wrote several travelogues during the 1870s and 1880s. He even wrote one about his honeymoon.

I think Ibn Battuta is the guy on whom Michael Crichton based Eaters of the Dead.

I don't know about "misanthropic," but I've only read part of one of his books. The chapter describing his visit to Vietnam I thought was poignant and instructive. I also liked his wry view of a Latin American futbol game.

I recently read Michael Crichton's Travels and John Steinbeck's Travels with Charley. I only read Crichton's book because I'm trying to read all his books, but I loved it so much, I'm exploring this new genre. I picked up Travels with Charley because I kinda like Steinbeck (and ended up loving the book), and just today I bought Paul Theroux's To the Ends of the Earth. I don't know if I'm sold yet on the genre, but we'll see where it goes.

How did the rest of you get into travel lit?