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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 as science fiction, since they often take place in the future, but if you love great stories and memorable characters, you'll dig what you find here. I promise. ...more

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Average rating: 4.15 · 945,218 ratings · 64,365 reviews · 151 distinct works • Similar authors

	Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1) 4.23 avg rating — 276,139 ratings — published 2012 — 188 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shift (Silo, #2) 4.13 avg rating — 154,047 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dust (Silo, #3) 4.23 avg rating — 137,993 ratings — published 2013 — 109 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wool (Wool, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 109,325 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sand (The Sand Chronicles, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 33,009 ratings — published 2014 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beacon 23 (Beacon 23, #1-5) 3.90 avg rating — 22,646 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	First Shift: Legacy (Shift, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 18,061 ratings — published 2012 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Casting Off (Wool, #3) 4.33 avg rating — 13,851 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Half Way Home 3.71 avg rating — 14,973 ratings — published 2010 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Proper Gauge (Wool, #2) 4.15 avg rating — 12,882 ratings — published 2011 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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State Surveillance

In 1949, George Orwell coined the term “Big Brother” in his (unfortunately) timeless novel 1984. The fear then — and now — was that mass surveillance would give totalitarian states even greater control over its people.

As prescient as Orwell was, here’s something he missed: surveillance works both ways. Bodycams have proven a nuisance for belligerent cops. Hot mics get politicians in hot water. And

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“Killing a man should be harder than waving a length of pipe in their direction. It should take long enough for one's conscience to get in the way.”
― Hugh Howey, The Unraveling

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“That's the problem with the truth," Darcy said. "Liars and honest men both claim to have it.”
― Hugh Howey, Dust

tags: truths

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“He’d only ever seen a gun once, a smaller one on the hip of that old deputy, a gun he’d always figured was more for show. He stuffed a fistful of deadly rounds in his pocket, thinking how each one could end an individual life, and understanding why such things were forbidden. Killing a man should be harder than waving a length of pipe in their direction. It should take long enough for one’s conscience to get in the way.”
― Hugh Howey, Wool Omnibus

tags: gun-control, inspirational, killing, thought-provoking

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Polls

SEPTEMBER Science Fiction: This poll decides which two books will go into the run off poll for the September sci fi BOTM.

Wool Omnibus by Hugh Howey

23 votes, 27.1%

VALIS by Philip K. Dick

22 votes, 25.9%

The Darwin Elevator by Jason M. Hough

13 votes, 15.3%

Sundiver by David Brin

12 votes, 14.1%

Romulus Buckle & the City of the Founders by Richard Ellis Preston Jr.

6 votes, 7.1%

Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve

5 votes, 5.9%

Endless Blue by Wen Spencer

4 votes, 4.7%

85 total votes

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“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
― Mark Twain

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message 17: by Dorothy

10 déc. 2014 16:12

Thanks for accepting my friend request, loving your books!

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message 16: by Dale

25 août 2014 03:28

Hugh, thank you for accepting my friend request.
I've downloaded and look forward to reading Wool.
Wishing you the very best!

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message 15: by M.L.

16 avr. 2014 06:15

Thanks Hugh! Your Wool series and your career, to a large part, prompted me to write and publish my first book Stone Age(last week).
Michael

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message 14: by Igor

15 avr. 2014 18:49

Thanks for adding me! Keep up your great work.
You are a source of inspiration for so many of us.
Igor

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message 13: by Tahnee

21 mar. 2014 16:08

Thank you so much for adding me as a friend! I just got your book Wool and it's next in line on my reading list.

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message 12: by Paul

19 fév. 2014 22:34

Hi, Hugh,

Thank you for adding me as a friend!

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message 11: by Hilary "Fox"

04 fév. 2014 01:21

Thank you for the add! Just started Wool today, and I'm quite enjoying the style. Feels like a mix of Lost and Battlestar Galactica, oddly enough. :)

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message 10: by Arah-Leah

20 oct. 2013 22:17

I think I might be the last person left who is still awaiting the trade release of Dust here in canada ;)

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message 9: by Sterling

04 juil. 2013 15:58

Thank you for the add! I was wondering (read: frantically hoping) if Wool had been picked up for a TV series or movie yet?

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message 8: by Owen

12 juin 2013 13:13

Thanks for accepting my friend request! You are indeed an inspiration to us new fiction authors. If you hear that a lot, it is merely because it's true. We never thought we'd make a dime off our fiction, but thanks to your example, we forged ahead and have now made more than a few.

Best regards and best of fortune to you!

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message 7: by Dean

12 juin 2013 04:20

Thanks for the add, Hugh! Pleasure meeting a fellow author on Goodreads. Thanks for being an awesome example for the eBook writing community.

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message 6: by W.C.

14 avr. 2013 00:26

Thank you for the connection.

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message 5: by Steve

29 mar. 2013 19:32

Saw this in the news this afternoon: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknew...

Right out of the Silo series!

Nothing about a large dig operation in Fulton County just yet...

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message 4: by Adrian

25 août 2012 18:20

Hugh, you still have the link to your old twitter account up there! Same on your Amazon profile.

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message 3: by Christopher

09 août 2012 10:55

You've been currently reading At Home for a very long time now lol. Maybe you should pretend to read something else now.

Can't wait for I Zombie! Need a zombie fix!

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message 2: by Shannon

07 août 2012 18:48