Hugh Howey
Hugh Howey
Hugh C. Howeyis an American writer, known best for the science fiction series Silo, part of which he published independently through Amazon.com's Kindle Direct Publishing system. Howey was raised in Monroe, North Carolina and before publishing his books, he worked as a yacht captain, roofer, and audio technician...
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magic hints statistics
Statistics were magic like this: they could tell you with near-certainty that a thing would occur, without a hint of when or where.
cells years september-11
I am about to die. It is September 11, and every cell in my body is acutely aware of my looming demise. The certainty of it. The inevitability. Not years from now, not weeks nor days. Moments.
running thinking people
Run, we think, as buildings crumble. Run, as people perish.
philosophy order two
There are two competing philosophies in Wool: one is that people have to live under an iron thumb in order to survive, and the other one is that everyone should live completely freely and happily and everything will sort itself out.
wall skins life-is
My life is too tight, he wanted to say. My skin is too tight. The walls are too tight.
hero winning bullshit
Heroes didn't win. The heroes were whoever happened to win. History told their story -- the dead didn't say a word. All of it was bullshit.
teaching miracle empathy
Fiction challenges us and works its miracles by placing us in the skin of another human being and teaching us empathy.
stars ocean kissing
The best kisses in the world take place at night, in the ocean, with two naked bodies coiled around one another, only the stars to keep them company.
goal horizon easy
It’s easy to forgo distractions and to not accumulate things when you have a larger goal on the horizon.
book hands knowing
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fate our-actions action
What we control," Juliette said, "is our actions once fate puts us there.
home coming-home clean
I'm coming for you. I'm coming home, I'm coming to clean
competing freely happily itself people sort thumb
There are two competing philosophies in 'Wool': one is that people have to live under an iron thumb in order to survive, and the other one is that everyone should live completely freely and happily and everything will sort itself out.
fan great huge putting readers wheels
I'm such a huge fan of fan fiction, to me it's a great way for readers to become writers. It's like putting the training wheels on for writing.