It leaves an opening for Dust, which I assume will be the thrilling finale. Just what exactly lies beyond the Silos (pun intended)? And though the ostensible motive for constructing the Silos has been revealed, something tells me our crafty author isn't showing us all the cards just yet...

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I found the first book in this trilogy, Wool, surprising and exciting in a way I haven't experienced from a science fiction book in a while. Unfortunately I didn't feel the same way about this one. If I had to compare it with Wool, well, first of all, the main character is such a wimp that you can't even. Literally. Second – okay, the first book is quite depressing. But it's also uplifting in a way, cause they keep fighting. Nobody gives up. Shift though? What happens to the guy is so depressing, that if you have any empathy at all, like even the amount sea critters have, you will probably get sorely depressed from just touching the book, much less reading it. Au point que n'importe qui pouvait se retrouver aux commandes. Quelqu'un qui pouvait faire ce qui était correct, ou alors quelqu'un qui pouvait faire ce qui était juste. » Silo - Origines, Actes Sud, coll.« Exofictions», 7 mai 2014, trad.Laure Manceau, 564 p. ( ISBN 978-2-330-03201-2)

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D’autres avis : Un papillon dans la lune , Stéphanie-Plaisir-de-Lire , Virginie , et Bibliomanu . Puis Gromovar qui n’a pas été vraiment convaincu . Et enfin, le billet de Lelf qui a su trouver les mots pour en dire assez sans en dire trop sur le contenu de ce second opus ! As with the first book there’s always this feeling that Hugh Howey has it in him to write a full blown five star novel, but misses.

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I was initially disappointed that Shift was a prequel, I wanted to read more about the characters that were in Wool, especially Juliette, Solo and the kids. Thankfully, it didn't take too long to get invested in the prequel story or the new characters — although the characters weren't quite as endearing as those in Wool. urn:lcp:siloorigines0000howe_y3y2:epub:af77ee01-b72e-4a8e-bcab-1ba9c1dcd119 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier siloorigines0000howe_y3y2 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/s2vvcws8pvq Invoice 1652 Isbn 9782253133063A great pleasure of dystopian fiction is the reader's excess of knowledge: we know what the world used to be, and watch characters struggle towards the truth. Howey provides this in spades. Holston is grappling his way towards a realisation that there might be more to the world than the 150 floors of the silo and its strict, unbreakable rules. Neblogai, bet nieko labai blatno. Iš tikro, tai šita knyga, kaip pasakojimas, labai nukentėjo nuo to, kad tai yra priešistorė. Ir jei tai būtų tik priešistorė, tai ma ją šunės, bet kad ji dar nemažai persidengia ir su pirmąja knyga, ir tada gaunasi, kad skaitytojas faktiškai antrą kartą skaito apie tą patį. Na ir kas, kad iš kitos perspektyvos, kad pasakotojas kitas, vis tiek galų gale viskas susiveda į tą patį argumentą – antras kartas. In Third Shift we revisit some events from Wool and I got this warm feeling you get at the get-together of old friends. I guess that’s mostly the pull of prequels.

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De multă vreme îmi doream să ajung la începuturile Silozului și să aflu de ce s-a sfârșit întreaga lume... iar acum... ei bine, acum am aflat și nu sunt prea convinsă de plauzibilitatea evenimentelor: cum se poate să distrugi planeta pentru că ți-e teamă de o posibila armă devastatoare a unei alte națiuni? cum pot trei-patru oameni să-i convingă pe alții că e mai bine să ucizi miliarde pentru a salva câteva mii? mă depășește absurditatea acestei logici.... Totuși, lăsând la o parte nemulțumirile subiective, din punctul meu de vedere, Silozul. Începuturile completează destul de bine universul seriei; sper să apară și volumul final al trilogiei. Cela manque de complexité, personnages insipides, pas de réflexion, pas d'enjeu, pas d'action. C'est mou dans tous les sens du terme.

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I don't really know where to begin with this book, or frankly - IF I should begin at all, cause you can see I just gave it 1 star, which I pretty much never do, so you must be getting the vibe that not only did this book not satisfy me, it probably even enraged me. 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. Mission – Was boring and had no personality. Of course, most of the characters didn’t have much of a personality. It probably didn’t help that in Mission’s scenes, Howey spends long passages describing life in the Silo one more time (like I didn’t get enough of that in Wool?) Hugh manages to do it all with his usual engrossing style. Dare I say I'm pleased to be able to see his evolution as a writer through the entire series; as well-written as all of the Wool books were from the start, I think in Shift he takes his craft to a whole different level. Silo - Origines, Actes Sud, coll.« Babel» n o1352, 4 novembre 2015, trad.Laure Manceau, 624 p. ( ISBN 978-2-330-05691-9)

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Silo - Origines (titre original: Shift) est un roman de science-fiction post-apocalyptique écrit par Hugh Howey et paru en 2013. Le roman est composé de trois parties parues séparément en 2012 et 2013. Il est la préquelle du roman Silo. Le roman commence par une alternance de chapitres se situant avant et après la création des Silos. le lecteur est projeté dans diverses époques et découvre ainsi la conception, le fonctionnement et l'évolution des Silos. Notre curiosité, fortement attisée par la lecture du premier tome, va enfin être satisfaite. L'histoire est captivante. Les Silos regorgent de nombreux mystères que l'auteur sait nous distiller avec parcimonie. Last night I was tempted to give this book two stars out of sheer frustration, but that wouldn't be fair. Yes, it's nowhere near as good as its predecessor, the excellent _Wool_. And yes, it's not what you'd call really good. But I did read it straight through, and with no regrets. I might disagree with a couple of characters' motivations toward the end of the book, but they make sense logically--if anything, I'm transposing what I would do in those situations without putting myself in that person's shoes. In other words, I was reading lazily.Aux États-Unis en 2049, le sénateur Thurman a convoqué le député Donald Green pour la réalisation d'un abri antiatomique, haut comme un gratte-ciel, mais enterré. The priests say the silo has always been there, created by a benevolent god to protect them from the deadly atmosphere outside. But ancient children's books contain images of a colourful planet, and despite the edicts forbidding so much as a mention of the outside world, much of the silo yearns for it. Not Jules, though, the tough, ingenious mechanic who takes over from Holston as Howey's lead character. She's utterly unintrigued by the outside, "an uninhabitable wasteland devoid of anything useful". Clearly, then, she's going to be forced to confront the real world, and her investigations into the whys and wherefores of the silo's existence swiftly prove dangerous. Dans un monde postapocalyptique, quelques milliers de survivants vivent dans un silo souterrain de 144 étages. Presque tout y est interdit ou contrôlé, y compris les naissances. Ceux qui enfreignent la loi sont expulsés en dehors du silo, où l'air est toxique. Avant de mourir, ils doivent nettoyer les capteurs qui retransmettent des images brouillées du monde extérieur sur un écran géant. Mais certains commencent à douter de ce qui se passe réellement dehors.Hugh Howey est un phénomène éditorial mais aussi un auteur qui sait manier les thèmes sociaux, politiques tout en maintenant une tension fictionnelle très forte.Christine Ferniot, Télérama.Silo est un projet littéraire à l'image de l'habitacle qu'il décrit: simple, mais grouillant et hors norme. Une révélation. Hubert Artus, L'Express