Review: May Be Best of Stories...So Far!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 4, 2013
It's been many, many years since I've heard the word filth used. Remember? "Keep away from that filth. There're just no good filth. Get back in the house!"You know, calling somebody that is evil "Filth" just may be the nicest word you could use for many of them... Take the guy that shoots up the girl in the first scene of this book. He calls her tramp, a dirty little tramp...a silo slut...I can easily call him filth and wish I could have told her to get away from that filth when he first approached her. Maybe, just maybe, she wouldn't have become a slut...Oh sure, she was a downer, that that didn't make her an addict. That filth made her that way. I could probably write the story just as it happened. He probably showed real interest in her. Said she was pretty... Maybe even bought her something...kissed her softly...She fell for him... That stupid filth...I would have told her to stay away from that dirty old man, I've seen enough of them. Many of the uppers are worse than any downer I ever knew, and I've met a few... Yeah, I'm one of the sluts, but I wasn't an addict...Maybe...Maybe that's why they killed me... And, you know what, it was that filth that did it!She could have got some type of job as a downer. Maybe even an upper would have hired her to do something to help them--clean their place or something like that...Nocomus found me way back and asked me to read his first book. I've read all of his short stories since then and have become a fan. His stories are all extremely unique. But, I believe filth just might be his best so far!Consider the silo society. All of the rich people found their way to the top, while the average or poor individuals took whatever space was left...In some ways, the uppers and downers also reminded me of many corporations in today's world...where the upper management and the subordinates never meet... You know companies just like that, right?Thankfully, this Silo is better organized than some of them. They have a group of police officers... Of course, the uppers had them come in as soon as they were comfortable in their new quarters. The police therefore are in the middle--separating the two sections. Isn't that the way it's always been...But there was one cop... Lt. McDonald. He had been a good cop before we had to come into the silo. Now? Not so much... But when his chief died, he stood up and became a man itching to solve a case..."And he did...""Upcycling" old silos had been an idea that was immediately called genius...So they had upcycled quite a number of them. Of course, by the time they were done, nobody would have been able to project that you couldn't go outside any more...So the chief, before he died, and actually before he was named chief, had suggested that criminals be sent out to clean the windows as their punishment... Just that one idea got him promoted!Lt. McDonald hadn't realized that if you got ideas that the Uppers might reward you... so he got busy and he solved the case! Well, yes, he did...but... by now you should probably know that silo sagas usually have weird endings... I loved this one...Need a break from reality. Try Nocomus Columbus... He's out of this world!GABixlerReviewsBook Received for Review