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kevin

atarijunge@wyrms.de

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I like SciFi and photography. :)

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Ray Bradbury: The Illustrated Man (Voyager Classics) (2002, Voyager)
Aldous Huxley: Doors of Perception (2004)
William Gibson: The Peripheral (Paperback, 2015, Berkley Publishing Group, Berkley)

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Hugh Howey (duplicate): Third Shift (2013, Penguin Random House)

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Hugh Howey (duplicate): Second Shift (2012, Penguin Random House)
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Hugh Howey (duplicate): First Shift (2012, Penguin Random House)
Hugh Howey: Wool Omnibus (EBook, 2012, Broad Reach Publishing)

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reviewed Second Shift by Hugh Howey (duplicate)

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Hugh Howey (duplicate): Second Shift (2012, Penguin Random House)

Not feeling this one.

It feels unfinished and rough in a way, the more Howey describes the people responsible for the apocalypse and their intentions and motives, the less reasonable everything seems. IMHO this book does the world building no good. It's an OK read, nice-to-get some insights into the first uprising in Silo 18 but otherwise ... meh.

finished reading First Shift by Hugh Howey (duplicate)

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Hugh Howey (duplicate): First Shift (2012, Penguin Random House)

Short Review (German): nerdcultu.re/2023/08/11/first-shift-legacy-hugh-howey/

Long review with lots of good points: www.goodreads.com/review/show/593559520

I liked the book, but its a shame how women are portrait (or not included at all) in the book. Page's Review on Goodreads highlights a lot of issues, and apparently these are no innocent mistakes either.

replied to gwenprime's status

@gwenprime@bookwyrm.social i feel this! Also wished for a happy end but the ending is great as it is. Truly a masterpiece, even from a "modern" point of view. "Biochips" and "Mona Lisa Overdrive" are great as well.