This is the sequel to the New York Times bestselling WOOL series. It combines the three Shift books (First Shift, Second Shift, and Third Shift) into a single e-book in order to save the reader a few bucks. The saga concludes with DUST, which will be available in late 2013.Reading Order:1. WOOL2. SHIFT3. DUST____________________________________In 2007, the Center for Automation in Nanobiotech … Center for Automation in Nanobiotech (CAN) outlined the hardware and software platform that would one day allow robots smaller than human cells to make medical diagnoses, conduct repairs, and even self-propagate.
In the same year, the CBS network re-aired a program about the effects of propranolol on sufferers of extreme trauma. A simple pill, it had been discovered, could wipe out the memory of any traumatic event.
At almost the same moment in humanity’s broad history, mankind had discovered the means for bringing about its utter downfall. And the ability to forget it ever happened.
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I really enjoyed the first book of this series, Wool. I found Shift to be just as interesting and in some ways enjoyed it more than Wool. I was excited to find out what had happened to the world and how everything came together. Would definitely read these books in order as to not miss out on anything. Looking forward to finishing the series with Dust.
Because most of the time I don’t pay attention I wasn’t aware that Shift was a prequel to Wool. I like to be surprised when I open a book and definitely was when I found we’d gone back in time to the start of this story. I loved finding out how the silos had come into being and Howey builds detailed descriptions of terrific settings, and fully developed characters, with his words as Shift tells the story of Donald the unknowing architect of it all. Donald comes across as pretty naive in the beginning but that is easily explained as youthful enthusiasm in a new role as he aims to please in a project he is asked to take on, involving himself fully in the detail but failing to see the bigger picture. As the truth is gradually revealed to Donald we feel his sadness and anger as he realises what he has been cheated out of and unwillingly become involved in. Howey threads this story with others, and particularly that of the background of a character we met in Wool and by the end of Shift the threads all come together ready to lead us deliciously into Dust which I shall very much look forward to reading
Absolutely fantastic! As part of the Wool series, this continues the saga of an isolated, forced caste type community living in an aging man made habitat. The development of the characters questioning and challenging their system, government, and environment is riveting!
A must-read in the Silo series, tying together the background and later periods of this incredible world.
Shift was my favorite from the Silo Saga…I really enjoyed the different perspectives and the back story to how the silos came to be.
Oooops, he did it again.
Oh, Mr. Howey you did it again! Just when my interest in the Wool AKA Silo series was waning you added a plot twist that had me buying Dust book 3 in the Silo series before I had finished Shift book 2. You, Mr. Howey are a master storyteller.
It is a rarity that I read a whole series from start to finish. I will read a series but usually a book here and there till I finish it. It is a testament to Mr. Howey’s story that I have read page after page sticking with the Silo series because I badly want to know what the heck will happen.
I was getting towards the end of Shift which frankly had a character that I could not engage with when Howey threw in a plot twist that got me fully interested once again. Damn it, I had plans to take a break from the Silo series but just couldn’t.
I have complained about this before and will again: Where is my Wool Silo series TV show on Netflix? I need to binge the show after I finish the final book! I’m a book first household but if I love the book enough, I’ll want to watch the show/film it’s based on.
If you love dystopian, the Silo series by Hugh Howey is for you.
I loved the series and read them twice. I am ready to read again.
Compelling!
Shift was not my favorite out of the silo series, but it’s a necessary read to fully understand Hugh Howey’s world. (You could skip it and simply read Dust to end the series, but I wouldn’t suggest it.)
Now, when I say it’s not my favorite that isn’t to take away from the work. It is a great book, interesting, with great tie-ins to Wool. The back stories on numerous characters are brought to life, which I always love. Those “That’s where that guy came from!” moments in books are wonderful and as the story progresses, everything is revealed.
This is probably my favorite dystopian series that is out there today. Love it!
With Shift, Hugh Howey continues his thoroughly unique, claustrophobic and engrossing story about the world in the silo. We get a skillfully woven background and unexpected explanations for how it all came to be, and this is fed to us in intriguing bits and pieces. I found I could not bite off my next scrap fast enough!
I have shelved these stories science fiction, though these are much less science than they are simply human and somewhat tragic. Hugh Howey understands and portrays loneliness in a way I hope never to experience firsthand. He shows us how love, when it’s desperate and dysfunctional, can ruin a relationship and perhaps even a civilization. Bottom line is that he “gets” people and shares his compassionate appreciation for our flaws and our well-intentioned missteps, even when this revelation is far from the sunbeams and rainbows we hope he’ll provide.
Taking a breather with a couple other books before I move on to Dust (Silo series Book 3), mostly because I don’t want to rush through. I’m trying to pace myself, savoring each morsel of the silo pie.
This was an incredible book to read. I loved the tension and finally discovering how everything started and how it connected to the Wool story
This is book two in the Wool Trilogy. This book takes us back in time to the year 2039 when the silos first became an idea. The main charater – Donald – is a senator who has been brought on the project to help build the silo. He was an architect before we ran for government office, so he is to design something that can go underground for over 100 floors. He spends months and months profecting the design. When it is finally put into place, he finds out that it wasn’t just for one silo, but for 50. And that instead of them being used “in case”, they would be used to save the human race.
The book starts to jump forward a century at a time. People who were placed in the silo in 2039 are being woken for 6 month shifts to keep the silos running. Donald is awake and starting a shift, but his memory has been wiped and he thinks he is a man named Troy. He is given a daily pill to keep his memories at bay, but as he starts to refuse the pills, he starts to remember who he was and what happened. Each time he is awake, he remembers more and tries to solve the mysteries of why the silos exist, what happened to his wife, and what is happening in the other silos.
I liked this book as much as the first. It opened the world and gave us an insight on how it all began and who is running the silos. We learn the reason they were put into place and see how they evolved to where they were during the first book in the year 2300. We also get to see how Jimmy (aka Solo) started alone at the age of 16 until he was found by Juliette.
I encourage you to read this series. I am looking forward to reading book 3
The good storyline and great character development made this book a very enjoyable read! I look forward to reading more from this author!
One of my favorite books.
Howey is a writer who’s style I enjoy. He’s easy to read and doesn’t get overly caught-up in cerebral-calisthenics … a great story teller. Not so much hard-core sci-fi as ‘futuristic’ and ‘post-apocalyptic’ in his ‘Silo’ and it’s sequels. Held me entranced. I enjoy the whole ‘What would I do if it all came crashing down?’-scenario. Good reads all!
I preferred Hugh Howey’s first book in the series, “Wool” and the final book in the series, “Dust”
Although not quite as impactful as “Wool”, it serves as a nice prequel to it.
The books in this series are real page turners.
Intriguing…read the whole Silo series!
Expanded on the world from Wool in many unexpected ways.