Yeah, it's not that first book is bad. I just found it a bit of slow burn and it's bit confusing, not due to any problems with translation or writing, initially.
The second and third book is where the story really goes hard and it becomes massively expansive I found.
I started watching the TV show, but didn't really get into it. That said, I took me three tries to get into The Wire so I wouldn't hold that against it.
Maybe I'll have better luck with the book series, will check it out.
I recently finished Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir and Wool by Hugh Howey, currently reading Shift. We had the Silo trilogy in our bookshelf for years, but it was only after watching the Apple TV show I decided to read it.
I have a somewhat newfound love for hard sci-fi and would love any recommendations folks have.
Stick with it. I loved the series, but the first book is unfortunately the most confusing and, in my opinion, the worst of the three.
I've been running 3030 or Nemesis, paired with R99 or CAR a lot this season.
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