Review: Numbers
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 10, 2013
Amazing how 20 pages or so can be enough for some writers to create an oppressive atmosphere and a bond between the reader and the characters.Being a short story, I can't disclose too much for fear of spoiling the pleasure of the discovery. Let me just say that Mr. Colombus managed to make Hugh Howey's silo even more stifling and claustrophobic.The style, very sparse, to the point, is exactly what I like and it fits the narrative perfectly. It reminded me of Cormac McCarthy's The Road at some points.You read here and there, where short works are concerned, that readers feel disappointed and are left wanting more. I agree only partially in the present case. You can't be disappointed with Silo 34, because the story's logic imposes a short structure.But I am left wanting more. Not in the sense that this piece of work feels incomplete. But in the sense that its author has the potential for greatness, and I can't wait for him to produce something longer.