
Xiaopeng
If this book isn’t badly written, then why is it still bad?

Helge Timmerberg
Is it a good thing or a bad thing when a writer starts to write about writing?

Christian Y. Schmidt
Did he have to try this hard to show that he’s a fanboy?

Nicolas Bouvier
Is this a great piece of poetic travel writing, or has it been overly polished?

Nathan Hoturoa Gray
Why does esotericism so often go hand in hand with ignorance?

Vikram Seth
Is this just an epic journey through China, or does this writer also have mad skills?

Philippe Valéry
Is this another author who distances himself from his story?

Heinz Helfgen
What were German readers looking for in a travel book after World War II?

Odoric of Pordenone
Was this a 14th-century fact finding mission or just another medieval mystery tale?

Sun Shuyun
Is this book more about contemplation or more about adventure?

Jean de Mandeville
Why is it so much fun to read Medieval travel stories that are at least partly untrue?

Ji Xianlin
Are these travel memoirs worth reading, or has censorship ruined them?

Stanley Stewart
Is China really that quirky, or do we sometimes just want things to be a certain way?

Ibn Battuta
Did conservative ethics turn this great adventure story into such a slow read?