Wool (Silo Series)

[dougp]

So, should I start with Wool or with another book in the series?

 

[nageov3t]

So, should I start with Wool or with another book in the series?

Wool, for sure.

the second book is a prequel, but it spoils a lot of the big mystery "reveals" of the first book.

 

[thedarkwolf]

Meh. I've read books that make the omnibus look like a short story. When you spend almost the entire first book on one trip down a staircase, that's plodding.

But how long was that first book? Maybe 30 pages or so? Been awhile since I read the thing.
I'll give you Wool is over hyped but I've read way WAY worse.

Haven't read Dust yet and didn't think Shift was nearly as good.

 

[gorcorps]

Alright guys, somebody help me out here. I'm 3/4 of the way through SHIFT (the 2nd one) and I can't shake my mind around this potential plot hole. I must have missed something because I rarely pick up on such things in books and movies. I usually am the dumb happy type who eats up whatever I'm seeing. This one confuses me though.







**Shift spoilers below** (tapatalk doesn't have spoiler tags)

So I'm at the part where Jimmy is locked away under the server room, and somebody is trying to get in. They show up and guess 3 codes a day, then they can't try again for the whole day. Jimmy is patiently waiting for the day they get the code right. My question is, why? Earlier when his parents were hostages Jimmy was able to enter codes on his side. Why doesn't he just enter 3 wrong codes every day before they get there?

 

[nageov3t]

Alright guys, somebody help me out here. I'm 3/4 of the way through SHIFT (the 2nd one) and I can't shake my mind around this potential plot hole. I must have missed something because I rarely pick up on such things in books and movies. I usually am the dumb happy type who eats up whatever I'm seeing. This one confuses me though.

no real reason... it never occurred to me that there was a key pad on the inside, I just assumed the password was required to enter (and the exit was just hitting a big green button).

 

[Pheran]

no real reason... it never occurred to me that there was a key pad on the inside, I just assumed the password was required to enter (and the exit was just hitting a big green button).

Even if there is a keypad on the inside, perhaps the lockdown is specific to the keypad itself and not the whole door, in which case the interior keypad wouldn't affect the exterior one. Or you could say that he's a frightened kid all alone who didn't think of that. Either way, the situation seems sufficiently ambiguous that I don't consider it a large plot hole.

 

[darkswordsman17]

Err, WTF, no I'm not paid to market Wool. I just love the series. What seems weird? If you are talking about the Shift giveaway, the backstory is that I bought it for my father, but it turned out he had already gotten it for himself. So I decided to give away the extra code to ATOT.

Ah, ok, haha.

Never heard of these books or the movie, I might have to check them out.

I hadn't either, but I watched the movie (largely because Bill Murray, although the premise actually seemed decent enough on its own). It was decent, although I'm not sure how well it did justice to the source. Haven't read any of the books but they sound interesting.

 

[ZaneNBK]

I am intrigued, I think I am going to check these out. has anyone read the JL Bourne Day by Day armageddon series ? if so how does this compare? I couldn't put the JL bourne books down.

Completely different style of books with different subject matter. The only real similarity is that they're post apocalyptical books.

 

[kevman]

finished the wool 1-5 and loved it! just started 6, but its starting off kinda slow, not able keep it going.