1.   Extreme adventure tales have been all the rage lately.

2.   Only reading kept him quiet, especially adventure tales and comic books.

3.   The flicks run the gamut from foreign films to adventure tales to intense dramas.

4.   Forget romance novels with dashing heroes or adventure tales packed with action.

5.   He credits Borges with creating his own genre through meticulous attention to language, and with uniquely enveloping his musings inside detective stories, essays and adventure tales.