![]() ![]() This is what the situation reminds me of, what I call in shorthand, the Anne Coulter Question.Īnne Coulter is simply the worst-part Atalanta, throwing apples of discord in politics, part living Id of far rightwing ethos. This misstep didn’t stop me from enjoying the novel. A brief rehash-Howey had an encounter with an unpleasant person and in cutting the person down, used gendered insults-referring to the person’s looks and ending with a crude, dude-bro cri de couer. Just as I finished the book, Howey’s infamous and unfortunate sexist post hit the twitterverse. (No noticeable people of color in the future, eh? And LGBT are invisible or non-existent?) But it’s a promising effort, nevertheless. For instance, some of the world building has logic holes, and like (too) many SF books there is a homogenization of the cast. The last section of the book picks up speed, and the pace keeps the pages (or page-swipes) turning. Derivative of 70s style dystotian fiction (I.e., Logan’s Run, Soylvent Green), Wool managed to breathe life into stale scenarios. I tweeted about it, and called it a kind of an adult Hunger Games. The major characters are older-an old sheriff, an aging mayor-and there are female characters that don’t strictly adhere to action-girl badass/ Mary Sue tropes, which is refreshingly adult. The first four sections are extended character studies that move the story forward while leisurely exploring the dystopian/post-apocalyptic worldscape of underground warrens, Ruined Earth and complex secrets. ![]() The author has been considered something of a golden boy, a success story from the story mines of self-publishing. I finished reading Hugh Howey’s novel/series Wool, after reading the hype surrounding the book. ![]()
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