Wool (Silo Series)

[Pheran]

I just discovered the science fiction series Wool by independent author Hugh Howey. The ebook 1-5 omnibus is only $6 for Kindle/Nook, and it is well worth it! Apparently Ridley Scott loved the book and wants to make it into a movie, and 20th Century Fox has purchased the film rights.

Without spoiling anything, I can tell you that the book is set in a post-apocalyptic world where everyone lives in an underground silo that is basically a bomb/survival shelter. However, it has been hundreds of years and the inhabitants of the silo have no idea what happened or why they are there - and anyone who shows too much interest in the outside is sent out to die.

 

[nageov3t]

amazing series :thumbsup:

he actually just released a prequel (First Shift) that's pretty great... it gets into the backstory of who built the silos and why (and clarifies the timeline quite a bit). I would recommend reading books 1-5 first, though. the prequel would spoil most of the best "reveals."

 

[HomerSapien]

I'm looking forward to first shift. I just need to find an extended period as I will probably try to finish it quickly, as I did with wool

 

[nageov3t]

I'm looking forward to first shift. I just need to find an extended period as I will probably try to finish it quickly, as I did with wool

yeah... once I started reading it, I couldn't stop.

I think it took me one evening plus the following afternoon/evening.

 

[Pheran]

I just finished the prequel - also excellent, albeit chilling.

 

[Pheran]

A bump to say that Dust, the final volume of the Wool saga, was released a few days ago. In celebration, I'm giving out an Amazon code for the Shift Omnibus ebook, the three Wool prequels (these should be read after the Wool omnibus but before Dust). First one to post in this thread to claim it gets the code via PM.

 

[nace186]

Me.

 

[Pheran]

Me.

Code delivered to nace.

 

[MontyAC]

This is a good series. I enjoyed the books.

 

[kevman]

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.

 

[darkswordsman17]

Kinda sounds like City of Ember although its more adolsecent focused.

Er, OP, by "discovered" do you mean paid to market? Just seems kinda weird...

 

[nageov3t]

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.

not really comparable... I liked both books, but Day By Day Armageddon was a zombie thriller/action book while this is more of a slow-burner sci-fi mystery.

 

[kevman]

not really comparable... I liked both books, but Day By Day Armageddon was a zombie thriller/action book while this is more of a slow-burner sci-fi mystery.

Gotcha, thanks! I just got the WOOL Omnibook ebook- going to read tonight. IT sounded it would be similar in a sense that they both are post apocalyptic.

 

[nageov3t]

Gotcha, thanks! I just got the WOOL Omnibook ebook- going to read tonight. IT sounded it would be similar in a sense that they both are post apocalyptic.

yeah. DBD was kinda of all about surviving to see the dawn whereas Wool is about trying to figure out why these people are in the silo and what's going on in the outside world.

 

[Pheran]

Kinda sounds like City of Ember although its more adolsecent focused.

Er, OP, by "discovered" do you mean paid to market? Just seems kinda weird...

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.

 

[Pheran]

Kinda sounds like City of Ember although its more adolsecent focused.

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

 

[nace186]

Code delivered to nace.

Thanks! I read the Omnibus already. Haven't read this one and the First Shift, but will now.

 

[Midwayman]

I have never been more disappointed by the star rating system on Amazon. It was literally the worst book I have read in memory.

 

[Pheran]

I have never been more disappointed by the star rating system on Amazon. It was literally the worst book I have read in memory.

Wow. We'll just have to agree that you have horrible taste.

How far did you read? Just book 1 or the whole first omnibus?

 

[Midwayman]

Wow. We'll just have to agree that you have horrible taste.

How far did you read? Just book 1 or the whole first omnibus?

All the incredibly painful, plodding way through the omnibus. I kept telling myself that it's rated well, its going to get better, right? I'm not exactly sure what people see in it. Honestly It'll make a much better movie than a book, mostly due to the fact that they'll be required to condense the hell out of it.

 

[gorcorps]

Finished Wool and started Shift a couple weeks back. Posted about it in the book thread but never knew there was an old thread about it. So far I've really enjoyed everything I've read.

Also @ Midwayman: I don't even know how we could be so far apart. I could understand thinking it was overly wordy, but it was released as an episodal story that you read all in one shot. I'm sure things were fleshed out a lot more to make each episode stand on its own a little more. But to say "It was literally the worst book I have read in memory" seems like a pretty big exaggeration regardless. Everybody has opinions, but I'm definitely one of the 5 star reviewers and think it deserves it. Probably wouldn't rank Shift that highly, but Wool was well done.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

just finished Dust last night. really liked it, just as with the rest of the series.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

All the incredibly painful, plodding way through the omnibus. I kept telling myself that it's rated well, its going to get better, right? I'm not exactly sure what people see in it. Honestly It'll make a much better movie than a book, mostly due to the fact that they'll be required to condense the hell out of it.

Im not sure you have the proper attention span for a reader. These books aren't even long enough to be plodding.

 

[Corporate Thug]

Half way through Wool...bought it on kindle a few weeks ago when it was on sale for $1

Great read so far.

 

[Midwayman]

Im not sure you have the proper attention span for a reader. These books aren't even long enough to be plodding.

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.