Post B2kZwD3giMeyd1esPg by chromeratt@noauthority.social
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 (DIR) Post #B2kZwD3giMeyd1esPg by chromeratt@noauthority.social
       2026-01-28T17:15:12Z
       
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       No Authority Book Club recommendation:Back when WOOL came out, I read it like all good sci-fi fans.  It was a solid 1984-esque individual vs government story. It's a fairly easy read, and I highly recommend it anymore who hasn't read it.  While I'd call it sci-fi, it is not hard science or anything like that.  The speculative part is just how someone could build an entire civilization in 144 floors and what happened to the surface.  If anything it's engineering-fiction.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2kaimYe23VQcyIcCG by chromeratt@noauthority.social
       2026-01-28T17:18:37Z
       
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       But last month I found out there were more books and I'm reading the second one now.  It's the pre-history of the first book, answering those two questions: how did they build the silos and what happened to the surface.And let me tell you, it's pretty fucked up.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2kainuezgi6pXbi9Q by magicalthinking@noauthority.social
       2026-01-28T17:25:25Z
       
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       @chromeratt the book is called, "wool?"
       
 (DIR) Post #B2kbES1DvnkMC3lem8 by chromeratt@noauthority.social
       2026-01-28T17:31:08Z
       
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       @magicalthinking yep. By Hugh Howey.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2lI0UfVZx1SO1CYcK by CoranDeo@noauthority.social
       2026-01-28T22:21:23Z
       
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       @magicalthinking @chromeratt The Silo books by Hugh Howey should be read in the following order:Wool (2011) - includes the novellas Holston, Proper Gauge, Casting Off, The Unraveling, and The Stranded.Shift (2013) - consists of Legacy, Order, and Pact.Dust (2013) - concludes the series