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Book Review - Andy Weir - The Martian

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 14 Mar 17

2013 – Del Rey Press – Spoiler alerts I have purposely avoided watching the movie version of this story until I had read the novel, which is great. It tells of an astronaut, Mark Watney, surviving alone on Mars when his crew...

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Science Fiction Short Story Review: "Say 'Hello' for Me" by Frank W. Coggins

Siduri @msiduri (5687) • United States 11 May 16

Professor Pettibone has been marooned on Mars for 20 years. His shipmates have perished. For twenty years, he gets up every morning, dresses in what remains of his spacesuit recites a little ditty to the sun he learned in...

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robinson crusoe

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survival

FerretSAGE @FerretSAGE (10) • United States 25 Sep 12

If you were stranded on a remote island......what 3 objects would you choose to have in your possession. Its a hard choice honestly, but i woul have to have a lighter......fishing pole........and a survival handbook. Thats the...

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Hoping against hope.

DoctorDidi @DoctorDidi (7018) • India 17 Aug 11

The city of Kolkata, formerly known as Calcutta, is marooned again. All sorts of transport are disrupted. Most of us are confined indoors. In addition, to add fuel to fire, there is load shedding off and on. Life has really become...

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Snowed in!

Citizen_Stuart @Citizen_Stuart (2016) 5 Jan 10

The weather didn't seem so bad last night, so I parked my car outside my house as usual. Unfortunately, I got a big surprise when I went out to work this morning - there was at least six inches of snow (maybe more) on the car and...

Marooned b y a Bus? No Way!

gracefuldove @gracefuldove (1668) • Malaysia 13 Oct 09

I just got back from the hospital on this bus. Soon we passed a round-about. There was police everywhere. Roads were closed because there was a demonstration against some company retrenchment. Heard it was the second day of...

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Have you ever secretly wanted to be marooned in some remote part of the world?

TheHermit @TheHermit (98) • United States 11 Feb 07

When I first heard of the show "Survivor"- a bunch of people left on an island to "Outwit Outplay and Outlast," I thought I'd love it. I've always wanted to be a castaway on an island, or marooned in the moutains by myself- to use...

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Group of Lions Marooned on an Island 'Evolve' into Super Lions

jeffenmusic @jeffenmusic (619) • India 12 Dec 06

Marooned on an island, this group of lions should have died out. Instead, in an evolutionary twist, they've learned to swim and become strong enough to tackle their only prey... giant buffalo. Fearless, ferocious and mightier than...

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Alone in an island

Wellwisher @Wellwisher (104) • India 28 Oct 06

You are alone in an island. What will you want? What will you do?

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