Silo is a trilogy of best-selling novels. At first, its author, Hugh Howey, intended to write it as a short story, about 50 pages long. However, the readers kept asking for more, so he expanded that short story into a fully fledged novel, then that novel into a trilogy.
Recently, I read the first part of the first novel (the one titled Holston). That was the part that was originally written as a short, self-contained story. When I finished it, I understood why Mr Howey initially wanted it to be just a short, self-contained story. It's perfect the way it is, explaining the right amount of stuff, and leaving to imagination the right amount of stuff.
And so, I decided to stop there and never read the rest of the series, to keep that short story in my heart for what it was originally intended to be. In fact, I opened a thread on another forum, explaining in detail why I wasn't planning to ever read the rest of the series.
The other members, who loved the whole series, tried to convince me otherwise, but I insisted. So in the end, one of them went like, "Lol, okay then. I guess that's the end of the journey for you regarding this series."
Recently, I read the first part of the first novel (the one titled Holston). That was the part that was originally written as a short, self-contained story. When I finished it, I understood why Mr Howey initially wanted it to be just a short, self-contained story. It's perfect the way it is, explaining the right amount of stuff, and leaving to imagination the right amount of stuff.
And so, I decided to stop there and never read the rest of the series, to keep that short story in my heart for what it was originally intended to be. In fact, I opened a thread on another forum, explaining in detail why I wasn't planning to ever read the rest of the series.
The other members, who loved the whole series, tried to convince me otherwise, but I insisted. So in the end, one of them went like, "Lol, okay then. I guess that's the end of the journey for you regarding this series."
