The Silo Saga

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• bmelton · Oct 16, 2015 · Recommends

  Snowpiercer was indeed sad, but I always assumed my negativity towards it was a result of having already read Hugh Howey's (rather good) Silo Saga, which it seemed to rip off at every turn, only having shifted the X and Y axes. I came away from it thinking that if I hadn't read the Silo Saga, I might possibly have actually enjoyed Snowpiercer,…

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• bmelton · Nov 9, 2013 · Recommends

  Not reading it currently, but I can't let a thread like this go by without suggesting the Silo Saga by Hugh Howey. The first book in the series is "Wool: Part 1", which (last I looked) was a free Kindle book on Amazon, and I'd graduated to purchasing the rest of the series before finishing the second…

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• will_work4tears · Aug 5, 2014 · Recommends

  …good. involves "Angels" though maybe not in the conventional sense. Magic 2.0 by Scott Meyer - two books, both very good, highly recommend. Travelers Gate series by Will Wight (surprisingly good) Silo Saga by Hugh Howey - currently reading, but great writing, IMO. There are even more Science Fiction books/series I'd highly recommend, but if you aren't into it, I won't bother you with em.

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• bmelton · Dec 13, 2013 · Recommends

  The Silo Saga, by Hugh Howey. Originally self-published and released as short Kindle "Singles", the first section of the series is collected in "Wool". The Omnibus collects the first five singles, and is $6 on Amazon[1]...…

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• skriticos2 · Dec 13, 2013 · Recommends

  …It also helps me relax my mind while reading, which I feel is a prerequisite for it to work properly. PS: here are some of the works I particularly enjoyed lately: Howey, Hugh.: Wool (and the entire Silo saga, very good read); Sanderson, Brandon: Mistborn: The Final Empire and the sequels (Sanderson is a genius when it comes to creating consistent universes); Phillips, Richard: The second ship (trilogy, contemporary…

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• fixedd · Aug 5, 2014 · Recommends

  I've read about 2/3 of the Silo Saga and I can't second this recommendation enough. It was originally just a novelette, but it was so popular on Amazon that he was compelled to write more and so far, it's all excellent.

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• cthalupa · May 26, 2019 · Critical

  …John Joseph Adams will have a story by me about a place where our worst case scenario has already happened. > (If you want to read my solution for how to wipe out all of humanity, check out WOOL and the Silo Saga. Spoiler: it ain’t pretty) Oh. It's just a long form advertisement for his writing. As others have pointed out, no one is really arguing about whether or not humanity might survive in some shape or…

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• salad-tycoon · Apr 29, 2024 · Mentions

  Silo Saga book series is also on Apple TV and similar premise. Also the audible of the series is pretty good.

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