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There are few fears more primal than being cast away on a deserted island in the middle of who-knows-where. Maybe it’s a throwback to our eviction from the Garden of Eden, or the nagging realization that Earth itself is just such an island in the endless ocean of space. Whatever the reason, it has been and remains a mainstay of the collective imagination.
The Scenario: You are on a small sailboat in the South Pacific when a freak wave of biblical proportions swallows your craft. You awake to find yourself on the rocky, sandy beach of — what else? — a tiny and deserted tropical island. ...
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