Review: A Mirror of Our Day - The Silo We LIve in
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 22, 2013
Michael Bunker continues to write a short series that take place in Hugh Howey's World of Wool.  In his new book "Resist: Book Two of the Silo Archipelago" MB continues with the journey of Leah.  A journey that leads her further down into the Silo that is her world.  But also a journey that leads her further towards the truth.  Interesting that she has to go down to great depths to find the truth and the journey to the top of this world in a silo is portrayed as one that leads to less than pleasant results.While the setting appears to be some time in the future where the characters live in a manufactured world, a silo, directed by some power that desires to control all it is not too far removed from how many live today.  While we may not live an actual silo for all intents and purposes we live in a silo like world  created by those that seek power by suppressing the truth, and even the search for truth.  Far too many are willing to give up freedom for what they are told is best for them and one does not need to wait for the future to see this take place, the future is now.  Many today are willing give up the truth for what they perceive as peace and comfort.  This is portrayed in Leah's thoughts of her mother:"She thought about her mother, and how the woman who had given birth to her had leo turned her over to the authorities because. as a silo-lover, the poor woman loved peace and comfort more than truth."Again, how true this is today.One other interesting thought that came to mind as I read Resist and reflected back to Refuse was how close are we to being without writing and read material, I mean hard tangible material.  While the electronic media of today has some definite advantages such as it can make writing quicker and  easier as well as making distribution less expensive there is a dark side.  All one would have to do to make reading material virtually non-existent, if all we had was electronic media, is turn off the grid, launch an EMP or some other method of negating or seemly minimizing power.  Again, technology can be useful but we need to make sure to step back and realize that if we are not careful it will own us and not us it such that we will one day find ourselves seeking ways to communicate because the electronic waves will have been removed or severely controlled.  As with other aspects of this story we are much closer than some may imagine to what is being written.I look forward to the third installment to see where this story leads but I would hope that those that read this book, and the series, do not just read it as fiction but stop and see how it so much reflects the world around us.