Was this his intention? Am I right in this assumption? When Donald destroyed silo 1, wouldn’t this have caused the catastrophic failure of all the other silos? He was effectively killing mankind, not saving it. It’s questionable whether they would have survived the journey overland otherwise.Ĥ. Passing through Silo 17 gave everyone from 18 a dose of the stuff. It was why anyone (like Solo) survived there. Silo 17 received a massive dose of good nanos from Silo 1 (with Silo 40 assisting).  She was very curious, but worse things were happening. Donald was an exception, as he joined just the day before. There were pockets of hysteria, but most of these people were prepped for this from the beginning.  I’m curious as to why the women meekly agreed to be put to sleep, or did they offer some kind of resistance?Īlmost everyone was put to sleep, not just the women. No explanation was given as to what happened when they first went into the silos. However, some threads were left unexplained and I would be most grateful if you would be kind enough to answer the following questions so I can sleep at night!ġ. I have just finished reading the trilogy and thoroughly enjoyed the entire series. Feel free to chime in with your own questions. What follows is a discussion about the thought processes I had while writing this series. There’s a great review and response on Amazon for A WALK UP NAMELESS RIDGE that captures some of this. Assembling a novel is like building a crossword for me. I have in mind the readers who might go back and revisit a text and catch all the foreshadowing and layers of meaning. I have blogged about this before, but I should say again that I write primarily for myself and for the repeat offenders. And then yesterday, I received an email from a reader with a load of questions, and after firing off my responses, I thought they would make a good launching point to really dive into the trilogy. Most of the audience had only read WOOL, so I suggested we do something online at a later date. We had a Q&A session at a Boston event last weekend, and a reader wanted to know if they could ask questions about DUST.

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Red and Andy both survive decades in the prison's bleak, gray environment, 'institutionalized' until they can't even remember what it's like to function on the outside. In prison, they're placed at the mercy of 'honest' wardens and guards who are totally corrupt and make money on scams that should put them inside the walls with the prisoners they exploit and brutalize. Andy, the hero, is thrown in jail for a crime he didn't commit, while his buddy Red is the only person in prison truthful enough to admit that he dun it. The story's themes focus on issues of imprisonment and injustice. But the book's always been there, lending the movie its most powerful moments and asking for nothing in return. Seriously, this film has been aired on cable at least once every one or two months since 1997. Most people discovered this story via its 1994 movie adaptation, which bombed on its initial release, but found new life after being nominated for seven Academy Awards and endlessly rebroadcast on cable TV networks. We guess even the Master of Horror himself needs a break from the keep-the-light-on-at-night stories he is so well known for. The novella-a fancy word for a short novel-is a far cry from the shrieks and scares we often associate with King, which might explain why it was included as part of King's Different Seasons collection. Stephen King, known by many as the Master of Horror, threw audiences for a loop when he wrote Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, a story that details a one-of-a-kind friendship between two convicted inmates and how one of the inmates pulls off a gutsy (and frankly rather poop-laden) escape.  Killer clowns, telekinetic murderous rampages, haunted hotels, and…the undying nature of true friendship? Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption Introduction

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