Dust
by Hugh Howey · first published 2013
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Armed with secret knowledge, Juliette, now mayor of Silo 18 and her crew set out to rescue a world she hates but now understands better -- the world of the Silos with its rigid rules and terrible consequences for disobedience.
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Just finished reading Hugh Howey's "Dust". The Wool, Shift, and Dust series from Hugh Howey are great dystopic sci-fi. Picked up The Signal and the Noise from Nate Silver as my next book.
on “Ask HN: What book are you reading right now?” ↗>Which others? The Martian (Andy Weir), Mind's Eye (Douglas Richards), and Wool/Shift/Dust (Hugh Howey, set quite a bit in the future, but the story started (chronologically) in with near-future sci-fi) I haven't read Kill Decision yet, I've heard mixed reviews. The thing I loved most about…
on “How Magic Leap Is Creating an Alternate Reality” ↗"Dust" by Hugh Howey. https://www.google.com/search?q=dust+hugh+howey
on “Ask HN: Good sci-fis about post-pandemic futures?” ↗…novel (action / psychological thriller). Second book is again a thriller but with time-travel, but it isn't sci-fi. I haven't tried writing science fiction but enjoy reading the genre - currently reading Dust by Hugh Howey. Thus, I tend to stick to the current world as I understand it better. Your books sound interesting! I'm impressed!
on “Living the writing life means living with failure” ↗Author Hugh Howey (http://www.hughhowey.com/) wrote one of the most successful self-published Kindle series to date (Wool, and its sequels Shift and Dust). He (along with an unnamed co-author) wrote a report that analyzed data from public sources about authors' revenue segmented on publishing model and popularity, among other dimensions. The results are…
on “Author Earnings – Traditional vs Self Publishing” ↗