Shift - Omnibus Edition (Silo Saga) (Volume 2) (original 2013; edition 2013)

by Hugh Howey

Series: Silo Series (2)

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In 2007, the Center for Automation in Nanobiotech (CAN) outlined the hardware and software platforms 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 discovered the means for bringing about its utter downfall. And the ability to forget it ever happened.… (more)

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Title:	Shift - Omnibus Edition (Silo Saga) (Volume 2)
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I read this one out of turn (couldn't wait to find out the resolution to Silo #1, Wool so I skipped ahead to Silo #3, Dust as I had heard that this one, Silo #2, Shift was a sort of prequel).
I think reading Silo 1-3-2 or 1-2-3 could have worked either way, but I now see how 1-3-2 was more gratifying.
I loved experiencing the unimaginable psychotic Silo world building of #2, seeing the backstory of Donald, Thurman, and Jimmy/Solo. Solo's backstory was particularly heartbreaking. (

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deslivres5 | Apr 1, 2024 |

Enjoying it. Nicely integrated with the first set of books... Looking forward to the conclusion.

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rendier | Jan 25, 2024 |

Possibly one of the best prequels ever written.

Story: 7 / 10
Characters: 8
Setting: 8
Prose: 7

The book starts to lose direction towards the end. Mainly, this is because it is trying to align with WOOL, but that doesn't make it reasonable. Still the first 2/3 are fantastic and a brilliant commentary on aggressive, pre-emptive war policies. (

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MXMLLN | Jan 12, 2024 |

Second book in Wool series (aka Silo) it was a little hard to follow but I guess I got it. Still kind of confused about the why. No one comes out with a manifesto that clearly outlines the position. We just find out that most everyone is programmed to die because otherwise everyone will kill each other anyway. Okaaay.

BookyMaven | Dec 6, 2023 |

The first third could've been three to four chapters. Heck, the entire storyline of the character in the first third which continues all the way to the end, including the epilogue is superfluous. Completely ruins the experience if this is what we're supposed to read after the Wool Omnibus. (

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atrillox | Nov 27, 2023 |

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Silo Series (2)

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The Wool Trilogy by Hugh Howey

The Silo Series Collection: Wool, Shift, Dust, and Silo Stories by Hugh Howey

Contains

First Shift: Legacy by Hugh Howey

Second Shift: Order by Hugh Howey

Third Shift: Pact by Hugh Howey

Is abridged in

Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 70 • March 2016 by John Joseph Adams

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Shift

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Shift

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2013-01-28

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Congressman Donald Keene

Anna Thurman

Senator Paul Thurman

Charlotte Keene

Congressman Mick Webb

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Fulton County, Georgia, USA

Washington, D.C., USA

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For all those who find themselves well and truly alone.

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IN 2007, THE Center for Automation in Nanobiotech (CAN) outlined the hardware and software platforms that would one day allow robots smaller than human cells to make medical diagnoses, conduct repairs and even self-propagate.

Troy returned to the living and found himself inside of a tomb.

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813.6

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PS3608.O9566

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In 2007, the Center for Automation in Nanobiotech (CAN) outlined the hardware and software platforms 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 discovered the means for bringing about its utter downfall. And the ability to forget it ever happened.

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