If this were a poll,

[kandrathe]

I thought about the medical issue. Beyond normal first-aid, no one is going to work with Gilligan to make a bamboo dialysis machine. If you need a complicated diagnosis, you're probably going to die. Even basic self surgery and stitches are difficult to handle without strong anesthetic (long story).

My approach was to be practical first. Three books would barely provide coverage for basic survival, let alone entertainment. Perhaps, I'd start thinking about something entertaining at about book 11. I've spent a fair amount of my youth in primitive survival situations for periods of two to six weeks. It's enough time to know what I don't know, and how thankful I am for good food, sound shelter, refrigeration, hot water, and a soft bed that isn't crawling with insects.