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Shift Omnibus Edition Shift 13 Silo series Book 2 eBook Hugh Howey

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Shift Omnibus Edition Shift 13 Silo series Book 2 eBook Hugh Howey

I liked Shift even more than Wool because it filled in the history of the silos, told about their functioning on a day-to-day basis, and gave us the ultimate goal of the creators. Let's just say there are evil people who do evil things, but think they are doing what is right for the world. That is usually defined as insanity.

This book "shifts" between three plotlines: 1. The operation of the control silo; 2. The past history of why the silos were created; 3. The story of Solo in Silo 18 who we met in Wool.

The people who run the control silo are kept in cryogenic stasis and awakened occasionally to complete a six-month "shift" in their specialty field (engineer, cook, administration, etc.). So while the people in all the other silos are living their lives, producing a new generation, and dying, the people in Silo 1 are the same people who designed the Silo program. Of course, that creates a natural conflict as the people in the other silos evolve and change, while those in Silo 1 are still the same as when they went in. As we saw in Wool, Juliette, or anyone who asks too many questions or searches for answers causes problems in the tightly regimented world of the silos.

We learn why the silos were built, and it was by a group of sick, evil men who thought they knew what was best for the world. We also find out their plans for opening the silos after a certain amount of time has passed and this discovery is very disturbing.

There are also good people trying to do the right things and trying to find out the secrets behind the silos. Some of these people do so in secret, while others do so overtly and run into some problems.

This entire story was very disturbing because I fear it mirrors our world today, where a bunch of billionaires run the country while the rest of us go about our lives not having a clue about the machinations going on around us. These people can basically do anything they want--like the ones in the book--and there is no way we would ever know.

The book is very good even though it is dark and disturbing. The way the plot lines are intermingled is imaginative and revealing and the characters are all developed as complex individuals with reasons of their own for being where they are. I look forward to, "Sand", although the name kind of worries me about the ultimate resolution of the series. I'd feel better if it was called, "Out", or something similar, but, either way, I am now moving on to the third and final book in the series. The two books so far are both highly recommended.


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Shift Omnibus Edition Shift 13 Silo series Book 2 eBook Hugh Howey Reviews

Hugh Howey debuted with a big splash as a science fiction writer with the publication of Wool. This three-part dystopian novel (really, a novella plus two full-length books) tells the tale of the Silo, an underground city of several thousand future Americans that descends through 144 stories into the earth. Shift — the three books that together constitute the prequel to Wool — carries readers from the mid-21st century for several hundred years until its central character is about to cross paths with the principal actor in the future world portrayed in Wool. Along the way readers learn the grim explanation for the origin of the Silo.

The tale begins in 2049. Donald Keene is a freshman Congressman elected from Georgia with the help of “the great Senator Thurman.” As a freshman, he finds himself at loose ends as he casts about for meaningful work when the Senator recruits him for a top-secret job that engages his background as an architect. We soon learn that Keene, now happily married, was once engaged to the Senator’s daughter. Predictably, this inconvenient fact will complicate the story and loom large down the line. But the complications emerge slowly, building suspense all the while.

Shift is dystopian fiction with a twist — several twists, really. Its strength lies in Howey’s cleverly imagined underground world. The writing style is unexciting, the characters not fully fleshed out. But the world of the Silo, and the backstory in this prequel, are bound to fascinate any fan of science fiction. After nearly a century and a half of SF, it’s tough to come up with something new. The world of the Silo is new.
Second book in a three book post-apocalyptic series. I read the trade paperback version. I am now reading the third book in the series.

This is a depressing book. The story is what happened to the world that forces the remaining people to live in underground silos of 144 stories each with 10,000 people. The people were born in the silo as they and their forebears have lived in it for almost 300 years. The air outside is toxic, killing almost immediately. Life is cheap in the silo and if you violate the draconian rules, you are sent outside to clean the camera lens. No one ever comes back from a cleaning. At least, no one used to come back.

The story is incredibly rich. There are details about all the variants of life in the silo. And the silos are different with the 1st silo being the command and control and the other 49 silos are for the peons.

But, who poisoned the air of the planet ? What did they use to poinon the air ? And why did they poison the air ? You need to read the book to find out as it is a developing story with varying perspectives. And sad.

I have a simple rule about 5 star books. If the book holds me up reading way past lights out, it is a five star book.
I reserve five stars for books that I consider works of genius; four stars for books that are incredibly good, & shift is that in my never-to-be humble opinion. Hugh Howey's writing is both descriptive & lyrical; I enjoyed every word of it. I bought this book with reluctance after reading some of the previous reviews; still I felt as though I HAD to read it before moving on to Dust, which I wanted to do after having enjoyed Wool tremendously. I believed I would find Shift tedious & overlong as others claimed they had, & such was NOT the case in the least! I especially enjoyed reading how Solo adjusted to those many lonely years; his discoveries, thought processes, the way he educated himself…& his love of the little cat, Shadow. Also, I think many of us have looked at the way things are in the so called civilized world today & thought it might be a good thing to take it back to square one & try again; a cultural Noah's Ark. And of course, it's quite possible it could happen spontaneously!
I liked Shift even more than Wool because it filled in the history of the silos, told about their functioning on a day-to-day basis, and gave us the ultimate goal of the creators. Let's just say there are evil people who do evil things, but think they are doing what is right for the world. That is usually defined as insanity.

This book "shifts" between three plotlines 1. The operation of the control silo; 2. The past history of why the silos were created; 3. The story of Solo in Silo 18 who we met in Wool.

The people who run the control silo are kept in cryogenic stasis and awakened occasionally to complete a six-month "shift" in their specialty field (engineer, cook, administration, etc.). So while the people in all the other silos are living their lives, producing a new generation, and dying, the people in Silo 1 are the same people who designed the Silo program. Of course, that creates a natural conflict as the people in the other silos evolve and change, while those in Silo 1 are still the same as when they went in. As we saw in Wool, Juliette, or anyone who asks too many questions or searches for answers causes problems in the tightly regimented world of the silos.

We learn why the silos were built, and it was by a group of sick, evil men who thought they knew what was best for the world. We also find out their plans for opening the silos after a certain amount of time has passed and this discovery is very disturbing.

There are also good people trying to do the right things and trying to find out the secrets behind the silos. Some of these people do so in secret, while others do so overtly and run into some problems.

This entire story was very disturbing because I fear it mirrors our world today, where a bunch of billionaires run the country while the rest of us go about our lives not having a clue about the machinations going on around us. These people can basically do anything they want--like the ones in the book--and there is no way we would ever know.

The book is very good even though it is dark and disturbing. The way the plot lines are intermingled is imaginative and revealing and the characters are all developed as complex individuals with reasons of their own for being where they are. I look forward to, "Sand", although the name kind of worries me about the ultimate resolution of the series. I'd feel better if it was called, "Out", or something similar, but, either way, I am now moving on to the third and final book in the series. The two books so far are both highly recommended.