Shift by Hugh Howey

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Decent second act of the Silo trilogy. Howey is a master of world-building. The concept of powerful politicians in Washington deciding to end the world and just silo 10,000 Americans for the future is not that far-fetched when you think of the suicidal logic behind Mutual Assured Destruction. I particularly like Solo's back story. It was a real homage to Mary Shelley's The Last Man. The corridors of cryogenically preserved "chosen few" being reanimated from the dead has subtle echos of Frankenstein as well. I suppose the whole concept (like a lot of scifi) owes a debt to her great work.



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