Adventure

<p>What is the meaning of adventure as we enter the third decade of the 21st century after a global pandemic social and geopolitical calamities and accelerating environmental catastrophes? What stories are humans telling about wilderness remote destinations and the most difficult thoughts thinkable? <p/><i>Adventure</i> is a pinball assortment of unexpected encounters. Each chapter entertains a specific project fantasy or activity that dabbles with adventure - and runs into limits. Subjects range from Mars exploration commercial space tourism and adventure consumerism to the day-to-day experiences of living in a world increasingly impacted by climate change and environmental disasters. <p/>Taking a wide-angle view - at times personal at others theoretical - Schaberg explores our ideas about adventure and their narrative cultural and philosophical underpinnings.</p>