SOS: Serious Overload of Series discussion

just finished reading its part of a trilogy

However, the second book seems to be a different story,
different people and situation. Non of it recogniseable. None of it
conected to the first book. puzzled about this I took a sneaky peak
at the third book on here all the characters,
events and places from the first book are there and appears to be a
continuation of book 1.

This is all very odd to me and I am wondering if there is any point
in reading book 2, I thought perhaps if someone had read this series
they could give me an idea of whats going on with this series and
why there is a shift from one story line to another and then back again.

just a confused reader here any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

Hmmm, I haven't read it Lee, though I know Steph read Wool etc, I'm not sure if she read Shift or Dust.

There is bound to be someone who's read them. Hopefully they'll chip in with some comments.

Sandra wrote: "Hmmm, I haven't read it Lee, though I know Steph read Wool etc, I'm not sure if she read Shift or Dust.

There is bound to be someone who's read them. Hopefully they'll chip in with some comments."

thanks for replying, this is such an odd set of books
the way they are set out.

Hi Lee, I read , which are #1-3 of Wool. There are actually two more #4-5 (The Unraveling & The Stranded), but I haven't read them yet. The first three were all about the same place, people, etc.

According to his series pages on GR, "The series is a continuous story that should be read in order: Wool Omnibus, Shift Omnibus, Dust".

I checked out his website and here's what he said about each of the three:

WOOL
This Omnibus Edition collects the five Wool books into a single volume. It is for those who arrived late to the party and who wish to save a dollar or two while picking up the same stories in a single package.

The first Wool story was released as a standalone short in July of 2011. Due to reviewer demand, the rest of the story was released over the next six months. My thanks go out to those reviewers who clamored for more. Without you, none of this would exist. Your demand created this as much as I did.

This is the story of mankind clawing for survival, of mankind on the edge. The world outside has grown unkind, the view of it limited, talk of it forbidden. But there are always those who hope, who dream. These are the dangerous people, the residents who infect others with their optimism. Their punishment is simple. They are given the very thing they profess to want: They are allowed outside.

SHIFT
In 2007, the Center for Automation in Nanobiotech (CAN) outlined the hardware and software platform that would one day allow robots smaller than human cells to make medical diagnoses, conduct repairs, and even self-propagate. In the same year, the CBS network re-aired a program about the effects of propranolol on sufferers of extreme trauma. A simple pill, it had been discovered, could wipe out the memory of any traumatic event. At almost the same moment in humanity’s broad history, mankind had discovered the means for bringing about its utter downfall. And the ability to forget it ever happened. This is the sequel to the New York Times bestselling WOOL series.

Contains First Shift, Second Shift, and Third Shift.

DUST
WOOL introduced the silo and its inhabitants.
SHIFT told the story of their making.
DUST will chronicle their undoing.
Welcome to the underground.

Hope that helps!

Steph wrote: "Hi Lee, I read , which are #1-3 of Wool. There are actually two more #4-5 (The Unraveling..."

thanks for this reply it looks a lot easier to understand seeing
it like this, I will carry on but for me if I am looking at it right
it would have been better to have Shift as the first book,
(as its very much based on what happened before wool)

thanks for your help with this.

You're welcome :)