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[Spastic Hamburger]

So I started reading the Silo series. No idea how I came across it, honestly. The writing is pretty good but the world building leaves a lot to be desired as it’s pretty much a carbon copy of Fallout’s lore. In the first book, they make a big deal of the mystery surrounding the Vault (the author calls them Silos) but the big reveal falls flat since the first book closely follows the plot of the tutorial from Fallout 3, down to the revolution and escape from the Vault, so it’s no big surprise if you’re familiar with the game series. The book was written in 2012 and, due to being science fiction, most of the audience will already be familiar with the games. That said, I’ll still finish it as the writing greatly surpasses that of Fallout’s in my opinion so it does give a different view if you consider it more of a retelling.