Wool 1,2,3,4,5

[DiapDealer]

Hugh teamed up with John Joseph Adams on that new pre|post-apoc anthology. Should be some great stuff in there (in addition to a new Wool story).

[jersysman]

I just finished the first book in the Wool series. All I have to say is - AMAZING!

The accolades this series received (at least the first book) are well earned.

[Penforhire]

Count me in as a fan. Just midway through #5 now. I might not have tried them if not for the number of recommendations I saw here. His writing style is very inconspicuous. The prose is nearly invisible, which is neat to me.

I have one nit-pick. Socially, the silo dwellers interact and communicate too much as we do right now. I expect more drift from today's social norms, something a bit more foreign or alien. But all the interactions feel like putting on an old shoe, just too familiar. Still a great, relatively fresh, tale in a tired genre.

[twowheels]

My biggest issue isn't that, it's:

<spoiler, if you haven't read Shift omnibus>

Spoiler:

After so many years in separate silos why didn't their language drift apart? Why was Solo able to talk to Juliette so easily?

<spoiler, if you haven't read Dust>

Spoiler:

The end left me with FAR more questions than answers...

Do they try to go back to try to save the others?
Did the other silos go dark after the bombing?
Did the selective breeding run by the rigged lotteries make them look foreign to each other? Were there new "races"?

[Gazella]

I have the Omnibus so I've read books 1 through 5 of the Silo series. I've yet to read First, Second, and Third Shift. Anyone read his Sand series? Is it any good?

[Namekuseijin]

you know what? Fallout 3 the videogame is far more fun.

there, said it...

[DiapDealer]

Originally Posted by Namekuseijin

Fallout 3 the videogame is far more fun.

there, said it...

Doesn't make it true (especially for those who don't do videogames).

[jersysman]

Originally Posted by Namekuseijin

you know what? Fallout 3 the videogame is far more fun.

there, said it...

They've got your suit all picked out and your wool ready. Give us a good cleaning!!!

[twowheels]

Originally Posted by Gazella

I have the Omnibus so I've read books 1 through 5 of the Silo series. I've yet to read First, Second, and Third Shift. Anyone read his Sand series? Is it any good?

Reading it right now. (read a substantial portion of it sitting on a sand dune on a beach, trying to keep blowing sand out of my Kindle... haha) It started out a bit slow and I was afraid it was going to be a Dune ripoff, but it soon became clear that wasn't the case and the more I get into it the more interesting it gets. It just got much more intriguing at about 30% and then I ran out of time and had to set it aside for the last 24 hours... anxious to see what happens next.

I got it via the Kindle Lending Library, so it was "free" for me to read. So far it has been more than worth the price of admission! (that's not intended as a backhanded complement, it is good so far).

[Gazella]

You read Sand while sitting on a sand dune? That's awesome

The synopsis did intrigue me and now your post intrigued the series for me even more. I think I'll read it. I just want to complete the Wool series first. Thank you for your opinion!

[DiapDealer]

I wasn't nearly as impressed with Sand as I was with Wool, Shift, and Dust.

[Dazrin]

Originally Posted by Gazella

You read Sand while sitting on a sand dune? That's awesome

If you order a signed book from Hugh's website he includes a pinch of sand spread out through the book.

I didn't enjoy Sand as much as the Silo series, but it was still very good and another unique take on a post-apocalyptic society. Much darker at points than Wool. I have enjoyed almost everything I have read by him, the only exceptions being a couple short stories that have only been "ok". I really need to try the Molly Fyde series soon.

[twowheels]

Hopefully this isn't too big of a spoiler, but I don't think so as this detail is clear from very early in the book. Once you start reading (assuming you know nothing about the plot), reading it while sitting on a sand dune was more apropos than you might realize. :-)

A warning that you may or may not care about. The book has more adult language and circumstances than the Wool books. Not a huge amount, but still more than Wool.

Family safe description in the spoiler tags, though still hidden due to the content.

Spoiler:

There are numerous uses of the f word and fairly direct references to its meaning, generally as a crude comment in response to the usage of the word. Nothing more explicit than that yet.

[Gazella]

Originally Posted by Dazrin

If you order a signed book from Hugh's website he includes a pinch of sand spread out through the book.



I didn't enjoy Sand as much as the Silo series, but it was still very good and another unique take on a post-apocalyptic society. Much darker at points than Wool. I have enjoyed almost everything I have read by him, the only exceptions being a couple short stories that have only been "ok". I really need to try the Molly Fyde series soon.

Haha. That's pretty cool (about the pinch of sand). I like dark reads so I think I'll enjoy it

Originally Posted by twowheels

Hopefully this isn't too big of a spoiler, but I don't think so as this detail is clear from very early in the book. Once you start reading (assuming you know nothing about the plot), reading it while sitting on a sand dune was more apropos than you might realize. :-)

A warning that you may or may not care about. The book has more adult language and circumstances than the Wool books. Not a huge amount, but still more than Wool.

Family safe description in the spoiler tags, though still hidden due to the content.

Spoiler:

There are numerous uses of the f word and fairly direct references to its meaning, generally as a crude comment in response to the usage of the word. Nothing more explicit than that yet.

Thanks for the warning!

[IcecreamLtDan]

Haha, Hugh actually speaks on that exact subject in one of his facebook posts recently and his response is classic, but best not repeated here.

Originally Posted by twowheels

Hopefully this isn't too big of a spoiler, but I don't think so as this detail is clear from very early in the book. Once you start reading (assuming you know nothing about the plot), reading it while sitting on a sand dune was more apropos than you might realize. :-)

A warning that you may or may not care about. The book has more adult language and circumstances than the Wool books. Not a huge amount, but still more than Wool.

Family safe description in the spoiler tags, though still hidden due to the content.

Spoiler:

There are numerous uses of the f word and fairly direct references to its meaning, generally as a crude comment in response to the usage of the word. Nothing more explicit than that yet.