Wool omnibus
by Hugh Howey · first published 2012
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"Welcome to the silo ... Thousands of them have lived underground. They've lived there so long, there are only legends about people living anywhere else. Such a life requires rules. Strict rules. There are things that must not be discussed. Like going outside. Never mention you might like going outside. Or you'll get what you wish for"--Page 2 of cover.
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…Wool - by Hugh Howey. He self-published Wool and now has a deal to make into into a movie directed by Ridley Scott. In that, it's a pivotal work in the self-publishing movement. http://www.amazon.com/Wool-Omnibus-Edition-ebook/dp/B0071XO8... Blood Song - Anthony Ryan. Best epic fantasy I've read since Martin's Song of Fire and Ice. http://anthonystuff.wordpress.com/books/
on “Ask HN: Best books you read in 2012” ↗Wool (Silo series) https://www.amazon.com/Wool-Omnibus-Kindle-Motion-Silo-ebook...
on “Ask HN: What is the best book you read on 2017?” ↗…were the author), and Democracy Incorporated: Managed Democracy and the Specter of Inverted Totalitarianism http://www.amazon.com/Wool-Part-One-Hugh-Howey-ebook/dp/B005... [2] http://www.amazon.com/Wool-Omnibus-Silo-Saga-ebook/dp/B0071X...
on “Ask HN: What was the best book you read in 2013?” ↗…Fiction) * Grimm's Fairy Tales * Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius * Takeshi Kovacs series by Richard K. Morgan * A Fire in the Sun (Budayeen series) by George Alec Effinger * Wool Omnibus by Hugh Howey * Hunted (Iron Druid Chronicles) by Kevin Hearne * Catspaw by Joan D. Vinge Also I've been watching videos more than reading recently: * Peaky Blinders * Top Gear *…
on “Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days?” ↗…Now I use my skills to help elderly neighbors, non-profits, co-ops, and other ~public services. I see more clearly the layers upon layers on which computers are built, and I think back to Hugh Howey's Wool omnibus; put too much stock in these complicated things we make and when the next collapse occurs it'll be worse because we'll have eroded much of the skills, practices, values and culture that got humanity to…
on “Ask HN: What inspires you about computing?” ↗…HFY, has its own subreddit for fans and fanfiction: https://www.reddit.com/r/NatureofPredators/ Naturally there is a NSFW version: https://www.reddit.com/r/NatureOfPredatorsNSFW/ The Silo series (or Wool Omnibus) had similar beginnings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silo_(series)
on “Amazon is filled with garbage e-books, this is how they get made” ↗