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Rather than listing Lord of the Flies as the based pick for readers wishing to explore battle royales, we’re going a different route. Instead, we suggest that those looking for some reading material to sate their Squid Game appetite check out “The Most Dangerous Game.”
Written by Richard Connell in 1924, “The Most Dangerous Game” follows big game hunter Sanger Rainsford and his friend Whitney. After being shipwrecked in the Amazon rainforest, Rainsford finds himself as “the hunted” rather than “the hunter.’’ He and other survivors find themselves kept in captivity by a middle-aged hunter called General Zaroff, who decides, after years of hunting animals, that it’s time to hunt man. In the spirit of making things fair, Zaroff provides the survivors with food, clothes, knives, and a three-hour head start before he goes off on his Kraven the Hunter bullshit and hunts them down for sport with a pistol.
Sadly, this gripping yarn isn’t something that can be found on streaming devices or consoles. You can buy the short story on Amazon or risk it in the wild and try to flag it down at your local bookstore. It’ll make for a great story if you find it. Tell ‘em Isaiah sent you.
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