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Proper Gauge (Wool #2)
by
Hugh Howey (Goodreads Author)
A cleaning has been performed, and now the silo is without a sheriff. With only one good candidate available, Mayor Jahns and Deputy Mames set off for the Down Deep to recruit her in person. Along the way, they discover much about each other, troubling news about this candidate, and stumble upon fractured alliances that could spell the doom of a silo they've worked long ye...more
Kindle Edition, 1st Edition, 106 pages
Published
November 30th 2011
by Broad Reach Publishing
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WOOL 2 is a solid follow up to Wool. In this story, we get more intimate with the inner politics and economy of the silo, and those who play the game.
Following the events in Wool, the Mayor and her Deputy find themselves without a sheriff. Their chosen replacement resides in the Mechanics department, many floors below the Mayor's office (which is the closest to the surface). The Mayor and the Deputy decide to embark on a quasi journey deep down into the earth on foot to meet the replacement fac...more
Following the events in Wool, the Mayor and her Deputy find themselves without a sheriff. Their chosen replacement resides in the Mechanics department, many floors below the Mayor's office (which is the closest to the surface). The Mayor and the Deputy decide to embark on a quasi journey deep down into the earth on foot to meet the replacement fac...more
Look I really like this series and will probably give the omnibus edition a 4 star rating. This however is sold as a single book and since I am so sick of books that are not books I am going to review this as if it were a stand alone book.
As an overview of an amazing city that exists inside a silo it is an excellent guide. The book doesn't have a plot and fails to explain one of the key elements of the previous book. If this book has its own ISBN then I should be able to pick it up and read it....more
As an overview of an amazing city that exists inside a silo it is an excellent guide. The book doesn't have a plot and fails to explain one of the key elements of the previous book. If this book has its own ISBN then I should be able to pick it up and read it....more
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Something had happened. A great and powerful thing had fallen out of alignment. And it had nothing to do with her generator.
It won't spoil anything because I just posted the last two sentences of Wool 2 : Proper Gauge, but talk about another ending that knocked me on my ass...
3.5 stars. Let's rewind. For most of the time spent reading, I had my son's voice (from when he was little) in my head saying what he'd always say after he'd caught me and my husband kissing, "EWWWW...OLD PEOPLE LOVE..."...more
Although slower in intensity than WOOL 1, I enjoyed this second installment of the series just as much as the first. I liked the added insight we got into the workings & minds of Mayor Jahns and Deputy Marnes, and their travel/adventure toward the down-deep to find a new Sheriff. The workings of the silo continue to amaze me, and although the ending had me howling in rage (really, Hugh, REALLY???), I thoroughly loved this tale, which sent me scrambling to WOOL 3. Keep reeling me in, buddy, b...more
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A slightly more personal tale than the first, so a bit slower as a result. Still, it’s no less shocking in how it ends. Like Holston’s there are moments that touch on the past. But it’s a past that’s more specific to her, more personal. The mayor and her history contrasted to her duty and the many years she’s had to do what she’d had to do, paint a woman who’s strong but worn:
The days pile up and weigh small decisions down, don’t they…? I’m talking about days becoming weeks becoming months beco...more
If I gave the first book 4 stars, I have to give this one a solid 4.5. Wool 2 does a great job of keeping up the momentum, interest, and mystery established in the first book while adding a layer of human interaction that forges a deeper connection with the reader. While most of the first book revolves around a single character and his internal struggle, in Wool 2 we get introduced to wide variety of people living in the silo. We even get to a watch a relationship form, with some tender moments....more
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Wool 2 wasn't nearly as compelling or as interesting as Wool 1. My first issue stems from a lack of proper imagery. The two characters are walking downstairs for basically the entire novelization - I believe it is 144 floors or so that they walk down. And this takes them two days. Two days?! If I'm picturing this wrong I would love to know, but 144 flights of stairs simply do not take that long to walk down, even if you are past your prim...more
Wool 2 wasn't nearly as compelling or as interesting as Wool 1. My first issue stems from a lack of proper imagery. The two characters are walking downstairs for basically the entire novelization - I believe it is 144 floors or so that they walk down. And this takes them two days. Two days?! If I'm picturing this wrong I would love to know, but 144 flights of stairs simply do not take that long to walk down, even if you are past your prim...more
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This time around we don't get fast-paced plot, brief introduction to the world they live in or an ending with such a twist. What we get is slow-paced story with more insight into the silo itself, you can really imagine how big that thing is and what it takes to function properly, from politics down to engines.
We are following mayor and deputy on their way to get to know (possibly) new sheriff. Only problem is they had to travel 144 stories down to the Mechanical where she is. Throughout they "j...more
We are following mayor and deputy on their way to get to know (possibly) new sheriff. Only problem is they had to travel 144 stories down to the Mechanical where she is. Throughout they "j...more
Wow - I'm officially hooked! The mayor and deputy take a journey into the depths of the silo to meet the most likely candidate to hold the sheriff's office. You get a sense of how large the silo really is through this telling, as well as the political and social structure of their society.
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This wasn't really sufficient as a stand alone book. I'm sure when I finish the series this will have a place, but on its own...meh. Prepare yourself for stairs and little else.
I can't wait to get into Wool 3!
Hugh Howey is my favorite discovery of 2012! More! More!
(Did find it funny that the one instance of actual knitting and she's using cotton.)
Hugh Howey is my favorite discovery of 2012! More! More!
(Did find it funny that the one instance of actual knitting and she's using cotton.)
Wonderful follow-up. Felt a bit like exposition, which is to be expected Looking forward to the rest of the series.
Continuing my way through the Wool Omnibus Edition, so some comments on Wool, #2...
After Sheriff Holston was sent to clean, Mayor Jahns needed a new Sheriff. So she and Deputy Marnes set off on a "journey" through the descending levels of the Silo via the staircase that links it all together, thus also giving the reader a tour of the different levels. Since her first choice is a woman who unknowingly threatens both the political aspirations of others and the secrets of the Silo as a whole , this...more
After Sheriff Holston was sent to clean, Mayor Jahns needed a new Sheriff. So she and Deputy Marnes set off on a "journey" through the descending levels of the Silo via the staircase that links it all together, thus also giving the reader a tour of the different levels. Since her first choice is a woman who unknowingly threatens both the political aspirations of others and the secrets of the Silo as a whole , this...more
Meinung:
Sheriff Holsten ist nun verstorben und es wird ein neuer Sheriff auf der oberen Etage benötigt. Zur Auswahl stehen drei Kandidaten, darunter auch die junge Mechanikerin Juliette Nichols. Mayor hat sich für die junge Frau entschieden und begibt sich auf eine aufregende Reise 148 Stockwerke tiefer.
Das Cover ist diesmal im gleichen Format gehalten wie Band 1, nur die Farbe hat sich in einen lilaton verändert.
Beim letzten Band war ich von der Geschichte noch etwas skeptisch gewesen und Si...more
Sheriff Holsten ist nun verstorben und es wird ein neuer Sheriff auf der oberen Etage benötigt. Zur Auswahl stehen drei Kandidaten, darunter auch die junge Mechanikerin Juliette Nichols. Mayor hat sich für die junge Frau entschieden und begibt sich auf eine aufregende Reise 148 Stockwerke tiefer.
Das Cover ist diesmal im gleichen Format gehalten wie Band 1, nur die Farbe hat sich in einen lilaton verändert.
Beim letzten Band war ich von der Geschichte noch etwas skeptisch gewesen und Si...more
Good sci-fi ideas, but lacks character development. Not enough showing. It drags.
OPINION ON THE ENTIRE SERIES:
There are five titles in the series. They are not complete books. They are sections of one book. The author published as he wrote. I suggest you buy the Omnibus Edition instead of the individual titles, which will save you $1, as of the date of this review. The Omnibus includes all five titles.
At the end of some of the titles I was angry or frustrated at the cliffhanger endings. For exam...more
OPINION ON THE ENTIRE SERIES:
There are five titles in the series. They are not complete books. They are sections of one book. The author published as he wrote. I suggest you buy the Omnibus Edition instead of the individual titles, which will save you $1, as of the date of this review. The Omnibus includes all five titles.
At the end of some of the titles I was angry or frustrated at the cliffhanger endings. For exam...more
Each book in this series seems to get longer and longer. That may not be the case, but 2 is definitely longer than 1, and 5 was definitely the longest (by 3 and 4, though, I was turning through at such a clip that I had no idea of time).
2 was what it needed to be. Exactly what it needed to be. But only, again, after the fact.
Hugh Howey has a really good sense of composition. There isn't a lot of reliance on common tropes to give that sense of familiarity to the telling of the tale, but it's a ve...more
2 was what it needed to be. Exactly what it needed to be. But only, again, after the fact.
Hugh Howey has a really good sense of composition. There isn't a lot of reliance on common tropes to give that sense of familiarity to the telling of the tale, but it's a ve...more
Now we get a glimpse into the politics of the dreadful silo of Wool - usually a boring part of any series, but it was handled quite well in this one. And we get the clearer idea of the "bad guys" in the story. And we get the better idea of the scope of this world, the hugeness of the silo.
The writing remains good in this installment. I did miss the completeness and the haunted feeling of the first novella. However, this is inevitable since, unlike the first one, this one was not originally inte...more
The writing remains good in this installment. I did miss the completeness and the haunted feeling of the first novella. However, this is inevitable since, unlike the first one, this one was not originally inte...more
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Wool 2 carries on from Wool 1 and focuses on Mayor Jahns. Now that Sherrif Holston has left his post a new sherrif must be appointed. When Deputy Marnes suggests a woman who works in mechanical in the bowels of the silo, Jahns and the deputy embark on a downward trek to interview the candidate. What follows is a largely introspective tale where the aging mayor reflects on her beliefs, desires and goals for the future of her people. While there is little action, other than the never-ending descen...more
Heavens--I'm enthralled. I'm into the characters, the mysteries of silo living, the hints of back stories and the developing politics. Howey's prose is fabulous and he moves us through a narrative of slowly building power struggles, teasing tensions through sly references to events both known and unknown to the readers, but in ways that build interest, not build walls.
One of my first reactions to this story, after reading the first Wool as well, is that Howey really must not care about his char...more
One of my first reactions to this story, after reading the first Wool as well, is that Howey really must not care about his char...more
This book continues the story of the first book, nearly seamlessly. In the very short first novelette you learn about the fate of Sheriff Holston, the sheriff of the silo that reminded me a lot of the start of Fallout 3. Wool 2 starts right after the end of the first story, and features the Mayor of the silo and the deputy sheriff who now have the task of choosing a successor for the sheriff. They chose a rather unorthodox person, a mechanic called Jules who lives in the so-called deeps, on the...more
Wool 2 - Proper Gauge was fantastic! It started right where the first left off. A cleaning has been performed, and now the silo is without a sheriff. With only one good candidate available, Mayor Jahns and Deputy Marnes set off for the Down Deep to recruit her in person. Along the way, they discover much about each other, troubling news about this candidate, and stumble upon fractured alliances that could spell the doom of a silo they've worked long years to protect.
I couldn't wait to get my han...more
I couldn't wait to get my han...more
Feb 08, 2013
Philip
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Nachdem der Fokus im ersten Teil von Silo auf dem nun verstorbenen Sheriff Holston gelegen hat, verlagert sich die Geschichte in diesem Teil auf die Suche der Bürgermeistein Jahns nach einem geeigneten Nachfolger bzw. einer Nachfolgerin für dieses wichtige Amt innerhalb der Silo Struktur. Hugh Howey nimmt uns aus diesem Grund mit auf eine Führung durch den Silo, bei welcher ein besonderer Fokus auf die menschliche Beziehung zwischen der Bürgermeisterin Jahns und ihrem Berater Marnes gelegt wird...more
EDIT (3/20/12) I'm changing this to a 4 simply because now that I read 3, I realize that this book had to be a transitional book to get the story is now. I appreciate 2 a lot more because of this.
Really, this is more like a 3.5 star rating, but you know, since goodreads refuses to allow half stars...here we are. I LOVED the first Wool book, but this one didn't quite connect with me like #1. In Wool 2, we deal with the aftermath of The Sheriff going to the cleaning and the mayor and deputy's des...more
Really, this is more like a 3.5 star rating, but you know, since goodreads refuses to allow half stars...here we are. I LOVED the first Wool book, but this one didn't quite connect with me like #1. In Wool 2, we deal with the aftermath of The Sheriff going to the cleaning and the mayor and deputy's des...more
Never before were Goodreads ratings guidelines so spot on: Two stars means "it was okay."
And that's all this was: okay.
PROPER GAUGE starts with Mayor Jahns casting on because, duh, how else do writers denote women of a certain age.
As an actual knitter, albeit younger than the stereotype perpetrated by Howey, his knitting description is laughably wrong:
And that's all this was: okay.
PROPER GAUGE starts with Mayor Jahns casting on because, duh, how else do writers denote women of a certain age.
As an actual knitter, albeit younger than the stereotype perpetrated by Howey, his knitting description is laughably wrong:
She always chose carefully, for proper gauge was critical. Too small a needle, and the knitting would prove difficult, the resulting sweater too...more
Mar 28, 2012
Derek Jordan
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5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Any Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Human Thought Fan
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I liked this one very much... Not really as much as the first but with the way the first introduced this world... I was certain you could not follow it up better.
In this one you get a better idea of how the silo works and a more well rounded list of characters... Or maybe not... May close to the same, but you can tell by the end that is is not really meant to stand on its own, but instead to grab a reader for the wanting of the next book.
I have to say that I really enjoy the writing style and li...more
In this one you get a better idea of how the silo works and a more well rounded list of characters... Or maybe not... May close to the same, but you can tell by the end that is is not really meant to stand on its own, but instead to grab a reader for the wanting of the next book.
I have to say that I really enjoy the writing style and li...more
Another wonderful story in the Wool universe, albeit one fairly different from the first.
Wool 2 focuses on Mayor Jahns, the weary longtime leader of the silo, and Marnes, longtime sheriff's deputy. The story follows the two on a long quest that takes them to the "deep down" of the silo (essentially the bottom section of levels that the Mayor, and many others who live near the surface, rarely comes in contact with).
I won't say what the quest is since it'd be somewhat of a spoiler for the first s...more
Wool 2 focuses on Mayor Jahns, the weary longtime leader of the silo, and Marnes, longtime sheriff's deputy. The story follows the two on a long quest that takes them to the "deep down" of the silo (essentially the bottom section of levels that the Mayor, and many others who live near the surface, rarely comes in contact with).
I won't say what the quest is since it'd be somewhat of a spoiler for the first s...more
So this was the second book in the Wool series by Hugh Howey. These books are less a series, but more a collection of novellas set in the same universe, and so far they are telling a continuous storyline, with different POVS for each book. The first book was pretty intense, it set the stage for this world, and had some pretty heavy revelations. This second book was much different. There was a LOT of what I thought of as unnecessary descriptions that didn't add anything to the story. I found myse...more
Silo 2 – Es geht tief hinab in den Bauch des Silos
Ein Tag nachdem Holston das Silo freiwillig verließ, feiern die Bewohner total ausgelassen, dass er die Linsen der Kameras draußen von dem jahrelangen Staub und Dreck befreit hat. Es ist ein regelrechter Tourismus-Boom ausgebrochen. Viele nehmen sich Urlaub, begeben sich auf die Reise aus den untersten Ebenen nach ganz oben, um den ungetrübten Blick durch die Linse genießen zu können. Das Ganze ist mehr als Makaber, so empfindet es zumindest Bürg...more
Ein Tag nachdem Holston das Silo freiwillig verließ, feiern die Bewohner total ausgelassen, dass er die Linsen der Kameras draußen von dem jahrelangen Staub und Dreck befreit hat. Es ist ein regelrechter Tourismus-Boom ausgebrochen. Viele nehmen sich Urlaub, begeben sich auf die Reise aus den untersten Ebenen nach ganz oben, um den ungetrübten Blick durch die Linse genießen zu können. Das Ganze ist mehr als Makaber, so empfindet es zumindest Bürg...more
Do you know when you read a book, and you think: ”Its ok, I guess.. I’m not really that into it. I mean.. I’m not really involved at all. My feelings are not involved at all. “ and then something happens and you find yourself on the train gasping with your hand in front of your mouth. And as you look around, in what feels like slow-motion, on all the people looking at you, you think: “Well… I guess I’m into it.”
To make a long storyinteresting short: I guess I’m into it.
In this part of the story...more
To make a long story
In this part of the story...more
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Jul 09, 2012
Steph
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Wool 2: Proper Gauge
was a bit slower than the first, but no less intriguing. The Mayor and her Deputy make their way down, down, dooown to the Mechanics level. It was interesting to see just how massive the silo really is - over 100 levels. Citizens may not make the trip from top to bottom more than once every couple of years. Initially I thought I was reading it wrong b/c Hugh describes the level or floor #s increasing as the two make their way down the levels - it was confusing at first, but...more
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I'm the author of WOOL, a top 5 science fiction book on Amazon. I also wrote the Molly Fyde saga, a tale of a teenager from the 25th century who is repeatedly told that girls can't do certain things -- and then does them anyway.
A theme in my books is the celebration of overcoming odds and of not allowing the cruelty of the universe to change who you are in the process. Most of them are classified...more
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“What she had forever seen as her calling -- this living apart and serving the greater good -- now felt more a curse. Her life had been taken from her. Squeezed into pulp. The juice of her efforts and sacrificed years had dripped down through a silo that, just forty levels below her, hardly knew and barely cared.”
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Mar 16, 2012 07:58pm
Thanks very much, Nataliya.
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