Wool Omnibus (Wool 1-5) Kindle eBook $4

Definitely more than worth the $4. Great set of stories set in a unique dystopian future. I have a couple books to finish up but will be hitting the Shift series very soon.

As others have said on here, this is a fantastic set of books (really one normal size book all together). I've recommended it to about a dozen friends/family and every single one of them have loved it. Easily worth it for $4. If you want something physical, the paperback and hardcovers just came out this week and are very cheap as well. In any form, a definite must read.

Quote from jmr : OP, have you (or anyone else that wants to chime in) read any of these, and have comments? I have the first one, and was waiting until I have read that to check into the rest of the series.

Buy it and read them all immediately. One of the most excited I have been about a storyline and story world. Good writing and amazing plot development.

Quote from jmr : OP, have you (or anyone else that wants to chime in) read any of these, and have comments? I have the first one, and was waiting until I have read that to check into the rest of the series.

It is an excellent read. Even more so knowing the self-published backstory. 20th Century Fox purchased the movie rights at Ridley Scott's urging. This could be an excellent movie if Hollywood doesn't screw it up...

I bought the omnibus when it was $1.99 a while back (found it on Slickdeals). This is one of the best books I've ever read. It's easily the best dystopian book I've read, and I've read a lot of them. I have read them all (there's a set after this one called the Shift series which is a prequel series). Awesome, awesome book and worth way more than $4.

Quote from jmr : OP, have you (or anyone else that wants to chime in) read any of these, and have comments? I have the first one, and was waiting until I have read that to check into the rest of the series.

I've been reading history, SF, and fantasy since grade school, starting with my dad's collection. My first authors were Edgar Rice Burroughs, E.E."Doc"Smith, Robert Heinlein, J.R.R.Tolkien, Andre Norton, and H.G.Wells. I've read literally over a thousand SF books over the years, and thousands of novellas and short stories. This is to give you context for this review, which is neither TU nor TD. Also, to give fair warning post-apocalyptic stories have never been my preference when reading SF.

I've read the first one and almost all of the second before other projects forced me to take what was going to be a short hiatus. I never got back, as for me the stories, while mostly well written, are simply "nice". The problem is that has been done many, many times before, the humans in an enclosed environment with a hostile exterior environment, with technological regression in the controlled environment as the generations lose touch with the outside and the necessarily somewhat authoritarian government that is almost inevitable in those cases starts becoming almost total social control.

I haven't gotten back to them, because, well, I've read so many variations on them. His characters are interesting, and plausible, and the coincidences necessary for certain parts of the plot to advance are believable. There is possibly one plot device that is "new", and even that is arguable, to say the least. The author DOES pretty much stay true to all the social, and technological, implications, of his story through book two, though I disagree with the society he has created and it's ability to crush oral tradition to the degree his has and simply have an "official" history - it takes dictatorships much harsher than what he portrays IMHO - think North Korea.

If you haven't read many stories on the topic, his are solid. If you love the genre to the point to you it's NOT "The same old tired plot" than this is definitely for you. I was about to say though that he's not showing signs of becoming a future "master" of SF - and I just thought of the weaker stories by the "masters" I read in grade school - alright, he has potential if he continues on a steady and consistent improving trend. I paid for the five stories the last time they had a big price break - maybe I'll finish them after I get all my spring yard work done. I don't feel I wasted any money, though I may just pass them on to someone else in my family to read afterwards, at least for me they definitely are not a book I'll come back to.

fun read, excellent writing...but at the end of volume 5, there's not a very strong conclusion.

Great set, worth buying

Thanks OP! Looks like you need more reps considering the amount of thumbs up.

Bought this for $2 last year, definitely worth $4.

Quote from johnny5yu : fun read, excellent writing...but at the end of volume 5, there's not a very strong conclusion.

Yea, it wasn't bad but felt almost rushed. Like the guy didn't want to do another book so just POOF! wrapped it all up.

Great book! Read the omnibus awhile ago, couldn't put it down. Author is an amazing writer. He's also (still?) writing a prequel series, of which I grabbed the first issue. I didn't think it was as strong as wool, but still a good read to get the backstory for how the conditions in wool came about.

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I read this from the last time it was on here. It's really a fantastic story. I found the concept to be really unique. I got bored through parts of it.,,but most people seem to love it. I do give it 5 stars for the amazing story he creates and the concept is awesome. The ending is awesome too. So overall I recommend this even though I thought some parts were dull and the novel took longer to read than normal. There were times I wanted to give up on it, but it was well worth reading for the ending.

Quote from johnny5yu : fun read, excellent writing...but at the end of volume 5, there's not a very strong conclusion.

I agree. Loved the book. It was hard to put down and the main characters were well fleshed out. However, the end was not satisfying. Seem as if the editors said "time to print" and he didn't have time to wrap things up. Will definitely read the prequels. Very interested to know how it all came to be.