Adrenaline 2000: The Year's Best Stories of Adventure and Survival 2000

by Clint Willis (Editor)

The phenomenal successes of Into Thin Air and A Perfect Storm opened the floodgates for a whole new generation of writers and journalists to publish pulse-pounding accounts rich in suspense, heartbreak and against-the-odds triumph. Adventure titles, many of them heavily publicized and critically acclaimed, are now among the most popular in bookstores around the world. With Adrenaline Books' continuing success collecting the best writing on everything from climbing to exploration, now comes the first annual devoted to the year's best adventure writing. Included are exotic stories from Neil Hanson, who offers a riveting description of a desperate crew's resort to cannibalism; Edward Marriott, who hunts bull shark off Nicaragua's Miskito Coast; and Sy Montgomery, who details her search for a rare breed of pink river dolphin and the lethal creatures with whom she lives in the Amazon: tarantulas, vampire bats, and ship scorpions. Finally, here's a volume that gives armchair explorers what they want: the strongest, most gripping adventure stories published that year, assembled in one electrifying, must-have title.

Genres: Travel, Nonfiction

360 pages, Paperback

First published October 30, 2000

Reviews

[Andrew Burin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome book. Good mix of stories new and old, told in 1st person and 3rd person, historical and modern-day. Thrill-ride.

[Ben Tipper · Rating 1 out of 5]

A pretty shitty book. Not only were the stories not very inspiring and oftentimes poorly written, but they weren’t actually short stories at all. They were excerpts from larger works, and I thought the editor did a really poor job: both at selecting the stories in the first place and at choosing which segments to include. There were some abrupt, out of nowhere endings which felt unfinished that I didn’t like at all. Wouldn’t recommend; there are tons of other adventure stories out there and many of them are better then these.

[Nancy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yikes! Some people are way more adventurous than I! Found myself holding my breath during some of the stories!

[Midnight Blue · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book had some really awe-inspiring and heart-rending stories, but it also had some slightly boring stories right along with them. Overall, it was well worth the read because of the gems it contains....

[Leslie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Exciting thrilling short stories - a few even touched on deeper topics beyond the fear and faith of each encounter. I few stories in this collection were not as great yet as a whole it was a book I had a difficult time wanting to put down. Usually, at least had to finish the story I was on!

[Universitybabe · Rating 2 out of 5]

I loved the introduction to the book but found most of the stories lacking in either storytelling, or excitement.

[Marci · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not near as good as my Fathers stories of survival.

[Robin Reynolds · Rating 3 out of 5]

I finally finished this. Very hit or miss collection. Some stories were mesmerizing, some were boring.

[Angela · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good vacation book. A few of the excerpts were interesting enough that I'll look up the full book for them.