He lost himself in what the untold years had done, the ablation of molecules and lives, layers and layers ground to fine dust. Holston lifted an old boot to an old step, pressed down, and did it again. Their absence could only be inferred from the pattern to either side, the small pyramidal bumps rising from the flat steel with their crisp edges and flecks of paint. In the center, there was almost no trace of the small diamonds that once gave the treads their grip. Each life might wear away a single layer, even as the silo wore away that life.Įach step was slightly bowed from generations of traffic, the edge rounded down like a pouting lip. That always amazed him: how centuries of bare palms and shuffling feet could wear down solid steel. Holston could feel the vibrations in the railing, which was worn down to the gleaming metal. Traffic elsewhere on the staircase sent dust shivering off in small clouds. Paint clung to them in feeble chips, mostly in the corners and undersides, where they were safe. The treads, like his father’s boots, showed signs of wear. While they thundered about frantically above, Holston took his time, each step methodical and ponderous, as he wound his way around and around the spiral staircase, old boots ringing out on metal treads. The children were playing while Holston climbed to his death he could hear them squealing as only happy children do. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available.Ĭover design and illustration © 2020 by The Heads of State For those who dare to hope. Q&A with the author and essays copyright © 2020 by Hugh Howey Original essay Slaying Dragons © 2020 by Hugh Howeyįor information about permission to reproduce selections from this book, write to or to Permissions, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 3 Park Avenue, 19th Floor, New York, New York 10016.Ĭover design and illustration © 2020 by The Heads of State
Q&A with the author and essay copyright © 2020 by Hugh Howey What-and who-will rise? Read moreĬompilation copyright © 2020 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. What happens when a world built on rules is handed over to someone who sees no need for them? And what happens when a world broken to its core comes up against someone who won’t stop until things are set to right? Juliette, a mechanic from the down deep, who never met a machine she couldn’t fix nor a rule she wouldn’t break. When the sheriff of the silo commits the ultimate sin, the most unlikely of heroes takes his place. And no rule is more strictly enforced than to never speak of going outside. In this subterranean world, rules matter. The remnants of humanity live underground in a vast silo. The first two episodes drop Apple TV+ on the 5th of May.For the first time ever, The Silo Saga Omnibus brings together all of the work in Hugh Howey's ground-breaking, best-selling, acclaimed series, including the individual novels Wool, Shift, and Dust, as well as original essays by the author, and a bonus chapbook of short fiction, Silo Stories Hugh Howey’s other work is also well worth checking out. They aren’t particularly cheerful, but I guess that’s to be expected given the whole post-apocalypse with humanity stuck in miserable silos premise. They are good science fiction with a lot of twists and some great ideas. If you haven’t read the Silo books, I highly recommend them and you can read my review of book one here. In addition to Ferguson, Silo features Common, Harriet Walter, Iain Glen, Ferdinand Kingsley, Chinaza Uche, Avi Nash, David Oyelowo, Rashida Jones, and Tim Robbins.
Ferguson stars as Juliette, an engineer, who seeks answers about a loved one’s murder and tumbles onto a mystery that goes far deeper than she could have ever imagined. However, no one knows when or why the silo was built and any who try to find out face fatal consequences. Silo is the story of the last 10,000 people on earth, their mile-deep home protecting them from the toxic and deadly world outside. So I will use Apple TV’s description instead. It is hard to write about the stories without giving too much away.
#Best books by hugh howey silo series series
I then forgot about the whole Silo series until today when a trailer popped up in my newsfeeds. While waiting Hugh Howey wrote the other two books in the Silo series – Shift (book two), and Dust (book three). This was followed by ten years of nothing happening. I loved it, and so was excited when, soon after, I learned that Ridley Scott had bought film rights.
I say ‘finally’ because I remember reading Wool, the first book in the series, in early 2013.
#Best books by hugh howey silo series tv
I adored the Silo series of books by Hugh Howey and it is now, finally, coming to an Apple TV screen near you on the 5th of May.
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