Apple's trailer for "Silo" is the long-awaited adaptation of Hugh Howey's "Wool"

[jlw]

Originally published at: Apple's trailer for "Silo" is the long-awaited adaptation of Hugh Howey's "Wool" | Boing Boing

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[gracchus]

It’s been years since I read the books. I’m looking forward to re-visiting them through what I hope will be a quality series.

[Brainspore]

The first novel felt weirdly structured to me (for example, introducing several new central protagonists in the opening chapters just to kill each one off in turn) but it made a lot more sense once I learned Howey started writing the series as a collection of one-off short stories published on his web site that he only later strung into a single narrative.

For those unfamiliar with the premise think “City of Ember but written for adults.”

[Wubby]

Hey AppleTV, how about mentioning the actual author somewhere!

[weekendlites]

This should be good

[Gnagn]

I found the first story in the collection to be a really interesting Twilight Zone type story, and would have been satisfied if it had just ended there. While I did enjoy the rest of it, I thought it suffered from diminishing returns as he started to explore the implications of and reasons behind the twist.

But maybe I’ll go back and re-read it now that there’s going to be a show.

[Mungrul]

Crikey, I remember devouring these books when I discovered them, and reading almost everything of Howey’s I could find. I’ll have to give this a look!

Now, if someone would be brave enough to have a stab at Chris Beckett’s Dark Eden trilogy (and maybe even the prequel), I’d be a very happy man

[deedub]

@gracchus

I’m looking forward to re-visiting them through what I hope will be a quality series.

It looks so well done that I’m a little disappointed that I read the books and therefore already know the whole story.

[Davet]

that trailer seems so close to the images that I had in my head from reading the novels, looking forward to this one.

[babVU98i]

I dunno. I read The Expanse books and then watched the series and enjoyed it all. I have read the Wool/Silo books/stories too and hope this series is as good as The Expanse.

Now, if they could just get a Murderbot series going.

[deedub]

There are definitely adaptations of books I’ve read that I’ve still enjoyed, like The Peripheral for instance. But when there’s a central mystery/puzzle to be worked out, already knowing the answer saps a lot of the pleasure from watching it.

I would…um…kill for a Murderbot show!