
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?

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?

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?

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

Ella Maillart
If Fleming is the more gifted writer, then why is this book better than his?

Peter Fleming
Would a little less irony have made this book even better?

Fernão Mendes Pinto
If this is one of the classics of Portuguese literature, why is it such a slow read?