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- ISBN: 9781476735115 (hbk.)
- ISBN: 1476735115 (hbk.)
- ISBN: 9781476733951 (trade pbk.)
- ISBN: 1476733953 (trade pbk.)
- ISBN: 9780358447832
- ISBN: 9780358447849
- ISBN: 9780063378308 (pbk)
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Physical Description:
508 p. ; 22 cm.
print - Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2013.
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Subject: | Revolutions Fiction Sheriffs Fiction Civilization, Subterranean Fiction Underground areas Fiction |
Genre: | Science fiction. |
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- 1 of 4 copies available at Kenton County.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Covington Branch | SF HOWEY H (Text) | 33126020952333 | Science Fiction | Available | - |
Erlanger Branch | SF HOWEY H (Text) | 33126022759306 | Science Fiction | Checked out | 05/06/2024 |
Erlanger Branch | SF HOWEY H (Text) | 33126025973029 | Science Fiction | Checked out | 05/13/2024 |
Independence Branch | SF HOWEY H (Text) | 33126026425904 | Science Fiction | Checked out | 04/20/2024 |
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Folks in Howey's postapocalyptic novel live underground in a massive bunker silo consisting of approximately 150 unelevatored levels: administration is on the top levels, medical at level 20, gardens on level 50, pigs on level 90, 106 is ladies lingerie, a big farm on 130, and mechanical starts on 140. Outside, the world is deathly toxic and unseen except through some manky old remote cameras. The most extreme form of punishment in this otherwise happy world is cleaning the remote cameras, and the exile that follows is between Shirley Jackson's The Lottery crossed with Logan's Run. After the dutiful sheriff Holston's unlikely request to return to the outside is fulfilled, readers get a thumbnail sketch of the silo's society as his replacement, Jules, is recruited. Howey's hints at periodic revolts to upset the balance of power are surprises for the readers as is bright and beautiful Jules, an ex-mechanic with a frighteningly strong work ethic, who is determined to learn fast and do justice. Unfortunately, she and her mechanic friends have made powerful enemies in IT, a shadowy, devious group that hog most of the silo's resources and give back little except secrecy. Soon after Jules meets Lukas, a quiet IT guy with a rebellious streak, she, too, is sentenced to clean the cameras; however, she makes it out of sight of the cameras! Makes it toâ¦where? The uncertainty and pressure push the silo's unstable situation into an uprising. Verdict A plodding pace is relieved by Howey's flipping between the present and anywhere from days to years prior and a wild variation among narrative focal characters. An impressive debut in a new series; readers will swoon over the character Jules and the unpredictable early plot. (c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.