3CityApache Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 I'm sure there was at the time, probably called Wool, like the first book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 (edited) Yeah, the books are pretty different in a lot of ways I might actually pick up Wool again, they were fairly quick reads from what I remember. Edited July 5, 2023 by Raja Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 (edited) 41 minutes ago, Raja said: Yeah, the books are pretty different in a lot of ways I might actually pick up Wool again, they were fairly quick reads from what I remember. I've had a signed hardback of Wool sitting unread on a shelf for years. After reading the synopsis (which is absolutely fucking wild, btw), I just couldn't resist. About a third of the way through and enjoying it immensely. Edited July 5, 2023 by Spockydog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 Can't wait till season two when all of y'all would have read the books Ser Scot A Ellison 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theda Baratheon Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 11 hours ago, Raja said: Can't wait till season two when all of y'all would have read the books Then they’ll hopefully be lots of new viewers who have just binge watched season 1 without reading Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theda Baratheon Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 (edited) Hugh, the author, did a Silo TV Q&A last night and was able to answer a few things that aren’t big spoilers. bernard didn’t turn the screen off. I was also hoping that was the case because it would have been quite interesting to question why. But she was just out of range. At the time she is stood still I think so that confused a lot of people but I suppose there was only so long the screen in the helmet was going to work. Edited July 6, 2023 by Theda Baratheon Rippounet and Wouter 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rippounet Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 7 hours ago, Theda Baratheon said: Hugh, the author, did a Silo TV Q&A last night and was able to answer a few things that aren’t big spoilers. bernard didn’t turn the screen off. I was also hoping that was the case because it would have been quite interesting to question why. But she was just out of range. At the time she is stood still I think so that confused a lot of people but I suppose there was only so long the screen in the helmet was going to work. The show didn't do that too well then. Having rewatched that bit, it's not clear that she isn't moving: we have a close-up on her face and it's hard to tell whether she's standing still or moving very slowly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theda Baratheon Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 3 hours ago, Rippounet said: The show didn't do that too well then. Having rewatched that bit, it's not clear that she isn't moving: we have a close-up on her face and it's hard to tell whether she's standing still or moving very slowly. Yes the framing of that scene was a little confusing! Or maybe he revealed more than he should have on Twitter and they were keeping it vague for a reason? I think they just didn’t quite edit that clear enough tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 My overarching memory of the first book ( besides really liking the plot) is that Lukas was a terribly written character williamjm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 He’s not brilliantly written on the show either, although maybe they are just setting it up for when he finally discovers a backbone. I thought it was very similar to the book, although it’s been ten years since I read it. I was hoping they’d have more time to go into the dynamics of everybody living a structured existence where they all depend on each other. But it was very plot driven, which is ok too. Common was very good, I bought his character even more than Ferguson’s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theda Baratheon Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 Just finished the first book!! Damnit - now an even longer wait for the rest of the story when I finish the other two books anyone else just read it?! I must discuss hahaha Ser Scot A Ellison and JGP 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted July 9, 2023 Author Share Posted July 9, 2023 2 hours ago, Theda Baratheon said: Just finished the first book!! Damnit - now an even longer wait for the rest of the story when I finish the other two books anyone else just read it?! I must discuss hahaha Hi Solo! Theda Baratheon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theda Baratheon Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 2 hours ago, Ser Scot A Ellison said: Hi Solo! it’s Jimmy now! Ser Scot A Ellison 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 (edited) I just finished watching the show. I'm glad I waited until it was over because it's a binge-worthy show. All those cliffhanger endings. Really enjoyed it. A good dystopian SF, well acted, especially Ferguson. A nicely detailed world, too. Jules did have a couple of plot armor moments with her jumping off the rail and the falling through the chute, but otherwise I liked the plot. It wasn't the ending I expected the most, but it makes sense in hindsight. The false hope makes them clean. Keeping the screen clean ensure everyone else don't have too much hope. Interesting that when they had to cut the power, the big screen(s) flashed the fake image. I suppose because it's all connected to IT's servers. But I have to say that last shot of all the silos (and I'm not surprised there are more) is a bit iffy. They look way too close to each other. With each silo mining ore I would think over the centuries they might intersect. Now we'll have to wait a while for season 2. I don't know if I'll find the time to read the books. Edited July 19, 2023 by Corvinus85 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karaddin Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 I believe the author of the books said something to the effect of agreeing that they were too close in that shot at the end, which hadn't been run by him. I'm happy to hand wave that away and accept they're meant to be spaced far enough apart for there to be room for mining. Just a visual error in one shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theda Baratheon Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 On 7/19/2023 at 4:32 AM, Corvinus85 said: I just finished watching the show. I'm glad I waited until it was over because it's a binge-worthy show. All those cliffhanger endings. Really enjoyed it. A good dystopian SF, well acted, especially Ferguson. A nicely detailed world, too. Jules did have a couple of plot armor moments with her jumping off the rail and the falling through the chute, but otherwise I liked the plot. It wasn't the ending I expected the most, but it makes sense in hindsight. The false hope makes them clean. Keeping the screen clean ensure everyone else don't have too much hope. Interesting that when they had to cut the power, the big screen(s) flashed the fake image. I suppose because it's all connected to IT's servers. But I have to say that last shot of all the silos (and I'm not surprised there are more) is a bit iffy. They look way too close to each other. With each silo mining ore I would think over the centuries they might intersect. Now we'll have to wait a while for season 2. I don't know if I'll find the time to read the books. I just finished the book and I don’t think it’s a spoiler to say that apparently they can only mine down, down, down. They aren’t allowed to mine sideways as that is forbidden. The silos really are pretty close together! Kind of makes it all that much more tragic and frustrating! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theda Baratheon Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 On 7/19/2023 at 2:21 PM, karaddin said: I believe the author of the books said something to the effect of agreeing that they were too close in that shot at the end, which hadn't been run by him. I'm happy to hand wave that away and accept they're meant to be spaced far enough apart for there to be room for mining. Just a visual error in one shot. It does say in the book that they’re forbidden from digging laterally. They’re only allowed to continue digging deeper. Which does pose the question how much further can they dig and I’m no expert but what of value are they even digging at this point. But yeah, it does heavily imply the silos are very close together in the book and that the mines are not dug sideways Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karaddin Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 I would have thought they'd be hitting the point of the temperature getting too high if they keep going down. I guess when they're using it as punishment that goes with increasingly unpleasant conditions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 From what I understand, the Silo is about 1 mile deep, let's say 1.6 km. You typically cannot get much further deeper before it's too hot for humans. So mining further down doesn't seem like a good idea. But there is some leeway. It really depends on the type of rock you are digging through to determine the temperature gradient as you go down. The average gradient is between 25 and 30 C/km, while the range is 15.4C/km & 102.6C/km. Air temperature would be about 9.66C/km. Deepest mines are about 3.9km in South Africa, because they have a refrigeration plant cooling it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 And I am curious as to why one of the outlawed things is mechanical lifts. How the hell do they get heavy things moved around? Especially the mined ore and everything they manufacture from it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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