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Silo 49 #4
Flying Season for the Mis-Recorded
Even in a good silo, life can be hell.
Elizabeth the Other, born to the silo and living under the stain of her father's actions, has no one. She is alone, untouchable and unloved. Her only outlet is 25 Drums, the place where teen shadows mix, mingle and find a mate. She will find no life partner there, but she can dance. And tomorrow is her 20th birthday.
In Silo 49: Dark Till Dawn, Greg changed the fate of the silo with the single word, "Go." Lizbet's legacy was his ability to let go and let Lillian fly. Now go back to Race Year 71 and live the story of Greg and Lizbet in Silo 49: Flying Season of the Mis-Recorded.
A twenty-thousand word novelette set in the WOOL universe, with permission from Hugh Howey.
Elizabeth the Other, born to the silo and living under the stain of her father's actions, has no one. She is alone, untouchable and unloved. Her only outlet is 25 Drums, the place where teen shadows mix, mingle and find a mate. She will find no life partner there, but she can dance. And tomorrow is her 20th birthday.
In Silo 49: Dark Till Dawn, Greg changed the fate of the silo with the single word, "Go." Lizbet's legacy was his ability to let go and let Lillian fly. Now go back to Race Year 71 and live the story of Greg and Lizbet in Silo 49: Flying Season of the Mis-Recorded.
A twenty-thousand word novelette set in the WOOL universe, with permission from Hugh Howey.
99 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 28, 2014
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About the author
Ann Christy
34 books328 followersAnn lives by the sea under the benevolent rule of her canine overlord and an incredibly foul-mouthed cat. A scientist and Navy officer by profession, the writing bug somehow got inside her during her travels. She's now stuck with it and can't stop writing.
She writes fully immersive works of science fiction and apocalyptic fiction. Ann is also a voracious reader, and adores a well-done audiobook. If she's not writing, then she's reading or listening.
She writes fully immersive works of science fiction and apocalyptic fiction. Ann is also a voracious reader, and adores a well-done audiobook. If she's not writing, then she's reading or listening.
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January 30, 2025
Loved it
More to think about in the Silo world for those fans like me. Every book about the silos brings this imaginary world into clearer focus.
More to think about in the Silo world for those fans like me. Every book about the silos brings this imaginary world into clearer focus.
August 14, 2014
So in the last Silo 49 book we met Lillian a young woman taking part in the massive race inside the silo, she was mentored by the enigmatic Greg, Flying Season for the Mis-Recorded takes us back to Greg's youth and his involvement with Lizbet, a 19 year old who is shunned and ridiculed by the denizens of the deep.
Lizbet loves to dance, it makes her feel free and alive, the rest of the people in the silo avoid her, her past continues to haunt her and her future is uncertain, she is living in the moment with no friends with the exception of Greg who she has been teaching to dance.
It's the day before her 20th birthday, if she had grown up with a normal family life she would now be making her life partner choice but she is alone, would anyone miss her if she wasn't there?
This fourth Silo 49 story is an insight in to why Greg is the way he is, Lizbet is one of these characters you just want to reach in the book and give a big hug to, she seems so fragile yet determined, her story is incredibly sad but it is one you need to read.
Flying Season is awarded 5 out of 5
Lizbet loves to dance, it makes her feel free and alive, the rest of the people in the silo avoid her, her past continues to haunt her and her future is uncertain, she is living in the moment with no friends with the exception of Greg who she has been teaching to dance.
It's the day before her 20th birthday, if she had grown up with a normal family life she would now be making her life partner choice but she is alone, would anyone miss her if she wasn't there?
This fourth Silo 49 story is an insight in to why Greg is the way he is, Lizbet is one of these characters you just want to reach in the book and give a big hug to, she seems so fragile yet determined, her story is incredibly sad but it is one you need to read.
Flying Season is awarded 5 out of 5
March 5, 2014
This is an extra little side story for the fan-fiction series based on Hugh Howey's WOOL series.
This story centers on race-trainer Greg - though a much younger version (who you met in Silo 49: From Dark Till Dawn) and Lizbet - whom he mentions at one point as being the love of his life, Lillian reminds him of her in so many ways. You find out what it means to be "mis-recorded" and how it feels from someone who has been labeled as such. This is a love story of the Silo more than anything else - but I will warn you that there is no happy endings.
This story centers on race-trainer Greg - though a much younger version (who you met in Silo 49: From Dark Till Dawn) and Lizbet - whom he mentions at one point as being the love of his life, Lillian reminds him of her in so many ways. You find out what it means to be "mis-recorded" and how it feels from someone who has been labeled as such. This is a love story of the Silo more than anything else - but I will warn you that there is no happy endings.
March 21, 2014
Without giving too much away (because by now you should have read the previous three Silo 49 books), this is the backstory of a key relationship only touched upon in "Silo 49: Dark Till Dawn." By turns heartbreaking and hopeful, "Flying Season for the Mis-Recorded" is a bittersweet addition to Ann's already remarkable Silo 49 series, and well worth the read. Just be sure to keep your kerchief handy; you never know when you might need it with this one.
April 26, 2014
I have never cried so much reading a story for a very long time. The tale of Lizbet is a very sad and yet could very well be reality. So sorry Greg had to loose her, but then the Silo 49 saga would not have been complete.
February 28, 2014
A very good follow-up to the Silo 49 series and provides the back story to one of the storylines in the third Silo 49 book.
August 6, 2016
I loved it! This tale filled out some of the details of the life of one of the characters in a later story. I especially enjoyed Ann Christy's take on life within the Silos and the habits and traditions that developed amongst the people who live there. The small details, such as the little bags of dye, made this story fascinating. Quite an emotional story, it actually brought tears to my eyes. I was sad but also uplifting.
March 11, 2014
Achingly poignant , this short but sweet story took me to places extremely relevant in society today. Hauntingly hopeful and sad at the same time, the author has created an original take in the world of Silo. Brava!
July 22, 2014
A truely tragic & wonderful story, which is an essential addition to the Silo 49 series.
Hugh must be so proud!
Hugh must be so proud!
August 29, 2018
Sad and real
This was as rough and well written as I expected it to be. The evils generated by discrimination (racial/ethnic/religious/gender) and the context generated to justify it are told in full.
This was a very good insight into the damage that racial/religious/ethic/gender discrimination and its litany of justifications can cause. The tormentors reduce themselves to the level of beasts and congratulate themselves on their achievement. The spineless see a horror unfolding and look the other way with the excuse that they have so much to lose (because of a kindness, a small stand for fairness, any action or word that cloaks the victim with a shred of humanity).
The victim who surrounded by this viciousness, having no other reference point and failing to see her/his tormentors as the beasts that they are, accepting her/his own condemnation. That may be the worst aspect of those circumstances.
It describes the reality of the steady, constant stream of small and large expressions of personal racism/misogyny in U.S. society. It is seldom challenged. Its very existence is denied by the "friends", coworkers, fellow shoppers, and all the others who see, hear it, encourage it and laugh. "It's a compliment", "Just smile more", "They are just kidding, you", "Don't be so sensitive".
It's a soul destroying mockery of a superiority that reeks of insecurity, revels in the inflicting of pain that would do a slave owner proud, reduces the tormentors to something so much less than human. At the same time, it destroys hope in any victim who tries to discover a reason or logic in the cruelty of the fellow human being.
Those victims who fail to realize that they are not "fellow citizens", coworkers, fellow fans or commuters because they are not considered human, will most likely die vilified and mocked while any legacy left behind will be admired and attributed to a real human (how else could such a thing have value). This is a dystopian future. We would never behave like those "true humans" in the book because we behave exactly like those true humans whenever we can. Don't we live in the 50 best/only silos in the world.
I read some other reviews and I was surprised that not one person explicitly stated outrage that a person can be destroyed daily and hounded to death in a socially accepted way. No one stated their realization that this is an examination of the effects of micro-aggressions against targeted men, women (all), teens and children. No one noticed that this might be what personal racism/misogynistic displays costs everyone. I got the impression that many readers would describe this book and "To kill a mockingbird" the same way. They are only, "such sad" stories. That is truly, a "sad" takeaway.
It is a sad story and an important, well written book, as her books are. Thanks, Ann Christy.
This was as rough and well written as I expected it to be. The evils generated by discrimination (racial/ethnic/religious/gender) and the context generated to justify it are told in full.
This was a very good insight into the damage that racial/religious/ethic/gender discrimination and its litany of justifications can cause. The tormentors reduce themselves to the level of beasts and congratulate themselves on their achievement. The spineless see a horror unfolding and look the other way with the excuse that they have so much to lose (because of a kindness, a small stand for fairness, any action or word that cloaks the victim with a shred of humanity).
The victim who surrounded by this viciousness, having no other reference point and failing to see her/his tormentors as the beasts that they are, accepting her/his own condemnation. That may be the worst aspect of those circumstances.
It describes the reality of the steady, constant stream of small and large expressions of personal racism/misogyny in U.S. society. It is seldom challenged. Its very existence is denied by the "friends", coworkers, fellow shoppers, and all the others who see, hear it, encourage it and laugh. "It's a compliment", "Just smile more", "They are just kidding, you", "Don't be so sensitive".
It's a soul destroying mockery of a superiority that reeks of insecurity, revels in the inflicting of pain that would do a slave owner proud, reduces the tormentors to something so much less than human. At the same time, it destroys hope in any victim who tries to discover a reason or logic in the cruelty of the fellow human being.
Those victims who fail to realize that they are not "fellow citizens", coworkers, fellow fans or commuters because they are not considered human, will most likely die vilified and mocked while any legacy left behind will be admired and attributed to a real human (how else could such a thing have value). This is a dystopian future. We would never behave like those "true humans" in the book because we behave exactly like those true humans whenever we can. Don't we live in the 50 best/only silos in the world.
I read some other reviews and I was surprised that not one person explicitly stated outrage that a person can be destroyed daily and hounded to death in a socially accepted way. No one stated their realization that this is an examination of the effects of micro-aggressions against targeted men, women (all), teens and children. No one noticed that this might be what personal racism/misogynistic displays costs everyone. I got the impression that many readers would describe this book and "To kill a mockingbird" the same way. They are only, "such sad" stories. That is truly, a "sad" takeaway.
It is a sad story and an important, well written book, as her books are. Thanks, Ann Christy.
November 15, 2023
Sadly beautiful and a perfect conclusion to a fabulous collection of Silo stories
December 10, 2016
So sad. So beautiful. Author Ann Christy soars high with FLYING SEASON FOR THE MIS-RECORDED. I found it hard to put down this prequel to Dark Till Dawn, the third book in Christy’s Silo 49 series. A must-read for anyone captivated, like me, by the strangeness of Hugh Howey’s Wool universe. (Have a hanky handy for this one.)
September 27, 2017
This brief side story is the best written work in the entire series. The author fully addresses multiple issues - prejudice, a love affair cut short, and a soul being carried forward in time - all in about an hour of reading time. Well done.
August 21, 2014
Minor spoiler, but I also really enjoyed this read because it made me like Greg more and not think of him as so much of a creep. ;)
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 17, 2024
Flying Season for the Mis-Recorded is a bittersweet, short novel related to the events in Dark Till Dawn that I would have loved to see fully integrated into that third book, instead of a separated title, for the depth of character and the bit of history it adds to Greg.
Like the three previous books of the Silo 49 series, the story takes a little more time to explore people's feelings and thoughts than Hugh Howey's novels, making it feel more introspective with sudden bursts of dramatic action.
I wasn't a big fan of the multiple flashbacks and flashforwards; they always feel like an awkward arrangement to help readers with attention deficit. My other niggle is about punctuation and (to a much lesser extent) grammar, which would have benefited from a more thorough editorial process. They're all very minor issues on the border of nitpicking.
Like the three previous books of the Silo 49 series, the story takes a little more time to explore people's feelings and thoughts than Hugh Howey's novels, making it feel more introspective with sudden bursts of dramatic action.
I wasn't a big fan of the multiple flashbacks and flashforwards; they always feel like an awkward arrangement to help readers with attention deficit. My other niggle is about punctuation and (to a much lesser extent) grammar, which would have benefited from a more thorough editorial process. They're all very minor issues on the border of nitpicking.
January 27, 2020
Despite loving the three prior books, I was really hesitant to read book 4. I felt quite settled into the romantic relationship that bloomed in book 3 and wasn’t ready to toss that aside and travel back in time to a prior romantic interest of Greg’s. But good reviews persuaded me and I’m so glad I read it! And the writer did an excellent job coming full circle. It was beautiful closure to an outstanding series.
Note: you will surely cry a bit, or at least get the sniffles in this compelling novelette.
Note: you will surely cry a bit, or at least get the sniffles in this compelling novelette.
October 5, 2023
Having read all the Wool books and Ann Christy’s excellent extension novels I was excited to happen upon this one. Although a dark topic, I found this book excellent in such a shorter format. I feel like I read a novel of double its size after finishing. Christy’s use of the language is fantastic as she told this complex story in a shorter form. You definitely should read all of the Silo 49 books before reading this though as much comes from your memory of the previous books. Great job Ann and I would love to see more Wool related stories in the future!
January 1, 2024
I liked this final one of the series
Short, sweet and bridged the gap in Silo 49's 'Lizbethan romance. We see superstition in every society on earth and where it is not tempered by clear thinking these same social issues emerge and people get hurt, badly. This one is in a dystopic Silo setting, in the future, with a human-empty earth, yet has so much resonance with much that is contemporary. I liked this Ann Christy book a lot and it is best read in sequence, after the previous three Silo49 books. Definitely 5* from me.
Short, sweet and bridged the gap in Silo 49's 'Lizbethan romance. We see superstition in every society on earth and where it is not tempered by clear thinking these same social issues emerge and people get hurt, badly. This one is in a dystopic Silo setting, in the future, with a human-empty earth, yet has so much resonance with much that is contemporary. I liked this Ann Christy book a lot and it is best read in sequence, after the previous three Silo49 books. Definitely 5* from me.
October 21, 2018
Tear Jerker
I really enjoyed the Silo 49 series and it looked like it was finished with Dark till Dawn. This last one (a short story) caught me by surprise and really tugged on my emotions. It tells the story of Lizbet (mentioned in Dark till Dawn as Greg's first love). I don't want to spoil it, but it is a tragedy, and you are bound to choke up while reading it.
I really enjoyed the Silo 49 series and it looked like it was finished with Dark till Dawn. This last one (a short story) caught me by surprise and really tugged on my emotions. It tells the story of Lizbet (mentioned in Dark till Dawn as Greg's first love). I don't want to spoil it, but it is a tragedy, and you are bound to choke up while reading it.
January 18, 2021
Haunting and sweet, I really felt this one.
I was sad for Greg in the previous book and wanted to know his story, but this one broke my heart. Both familiar and brand new, the ending gave me goosebumps. I enjoyed the Silo 49 series very much and will read it again in the future.
I was sad for Greg in the previous book and wanted to know his story, but this one broke my heart. Both familiar and brand new, the ending gave me goosebumps. I enjoyed the Silo 49 series very much and will read it again in the future.
February 10, 2021
If only what Lizbet believed were true
Very Good! Even though I knew how it ended (from reading the previous Silo 49 story) it was sooo tragic I had to leave the room twice so no one would see the tears.
Very Good! Even though I knew how it ended (from reading the previous Silo 49 story) it was sooo tragic I had to leave the room twice so no one would see the tears.
January 9, 2022
I enjoyed the writing in this book much more than previous books. It is great to see that Ann Christy writing skills have grown. I wish that the previous books were at this level. In saying that, I don’t think this book told much of a story.
August 17, 2022
Sometimes people are just evil. The problem is the children of monsters often pay the price. This is a short read and fills in the story that is only hinted at in book 3. It's a very satisfying resolution.
June 6, 2023
humans are humans…
…And they don’t change their nature no matter where they are in the world. People will still be cruel, or kind, or open, or superstitious, or what have you. 500 years in a cement silo won’t change any of that. Ann Christy has it right.
…And they don’t change their nature no matter where they are in the world. People will still be cruel, or kind, or open, or superstitious, or what have you. 500 years in a cement silo won’t change any of that. Ann Christy has it right.
April 8, 2025
Awesome Last Book!!
Last book of the series! Read the rest of the series first! Then close it out with this one, it’s a tear jerker, and the happiest book I’ve ever read at the same time! Spectacular writing!
Last book of the series! Read the rest of the series first! Then close it out with this one, it’s a tear jerker, and the happiest book I’ve ever read at the same time! Spectacular writing!
May 6, 2025
Great finish to the Silo 49 series
Ann Christy has an ability to write her characters so realisticly that I and I am sure many others are drawn into the story's world. Ann is my new favorite author.
Ann Christy has an ability to write her characters so realisticly that I and I am sure many others are drawn into the story's world. Ann is my new favorite author.
August 8, 2019
I enjoyed the previous much better, net sure about this one.
I would have much rather seen a continuation of The previous book with Greg and Lillian exploring the outside world.
I would have much rather seen a continuation of The previous book with Greg and Lillian exploring the outside world.
May 7, 2022
This was a great addition to the Silo 49 books. I enjoyed it immensely.
Read them all. I did.
Thank you Ann Christy for your contribution to the Silo saga.
Read them all. I did.
Thank you Ann Christy for your contribution to the Silo saga.
October 10, 2023
Beautiful
It was over far too soon. Leaving me hungry for more on the other silos as well. Such an amazing world to explore.
It was over far too soon. Leaving me hungry for more on the other silos as well. Such an amazing world to explore.
February 21, 2024
I wasn’t even going to read this
I didn’t want to go back in time, I wanted greedily to stay with the group that got out. But I’m so glad I got to meet Lizbet!
I didn’t want to go back in time, I wanted greedily to stay with the group that got out. But I’m so glad I got to meet Lizbet!
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