“Action and adventure on land and sea-you can't ask for more. But Robert Kurson raises the ante in Pirate Hunters with an array of mystery and a fleet of colorful characters spanning four centuries. This is a great summer read!” CharacterActionAsksFourMysterySeaLandCenturyAdventureSummerRaisesHuntersPirateColorfulLand And SeaGreat Summer Author:Michael Connelly
“Life in the twentieth century undeniably has ... such richness, joy and adventure as were unknown to our ancestors except in their dreams.” DreamJoyCenturyAdventureAncestorTwentieth CenturyRichness Author:Arthur Compton
“In a democracy in the 20th and 21st century, if you can't base your fiction upon ordinary people and the issues that engage them, then you are reduced to writing about spectacular unreal people. You know, James Bond or something, and you cook up adventures.” PeopleIfsKnowsWritingFictionDemocracyIssuesCenturyAdventureOrdinaryCooks21st CenturyOrdinary PeopleSpectacularUnreal Author:John Updike
“We're living in momentous times, Garion. The events of a thousand years and more have all focused on these very days. The world, I'm told, is like that. Centuries pass when nothing happens, and then in a few short years events of such tremendous importance take place that the world is never the same again." I think that if I had my choice, I'd prefer one of those quiet centuries," Garion said glumly. Oh, no," Silk said, his lips drawing back in a ferretlike grin. "Now's the time to be alive - to see it all happen, to be a part of it. That makes the blood race, and each breath is an adventure.” IfsThinkingWorldYearsSaidHappensChoicesRaceAliveBloodCenturyEventsAdventureThousandQuietImportanceBreathsLipsFocusedDrawingThousand YearsSilk Author:David Eddings
“As we begin the 21st century, the Hubble space telescope is providing us with information about as yet uncharted regions of the universe and the promise that we may learn something about the origin of the cosmos. This same spirit of adventure is also being directed to the most complex structure that exists in the universe - the human brain.” HumansMaySpiritUniverseSpaceBrainCenturyInformationAdventurePromiseStructureComplexesCosmosRegionsProviding21st CenturyHuman BrainTelescopesUnchartedSpirit Of AdventureHubbleHubble Space Telescope Author:Floyd E. Bloom
“This was a Golden Age, a time of high adventure, rich living and hard dying... but nobody thought so. This was a future of fortune and theft, pillage and rapine, culture and vice... but nobody admitted it. This was an age of extremes, a fascinating century of freaks... but nobody loved it.” HardAgeCultureRichCenturyDyingAdventureFortuneVicesExtremesGoldenFascinatingFreakTheftGolden Age Book:Tiger! Tiger! Source: Tiger! Tiger!
“For nearly a quarter of a century, I have been engaged in the investigation of the fundamentals of life, the material universe and human behavior. Such an adventure leads one down many highways, through many byroads, into many back alleys of uncertainty, through many strata of life...” HumansHas BeensUniverseCenturyAdventureMaterialsBehaviorFundamentalsUncertaintyEngagedQuartersInvestigationHuman BehaviorHighwaysAlleysQuarter Of A CenturyBack Alleys Author:L. Ron Hubbard