![]() ![]() The show also gives Peter Billings ( Dickinson’s Chinaza Uche) a much-expanded role. It creates an atmosphere of constant terror that simply isn’t present in the novellas, which portray a much subtler version of authoritarianism. On the show, the silo’s Judicial section, under the control of a new character named Sims ( Hell on Wheels’ Common), uses Gestapolike tactics to suppress curiosity and dissent-storming people’s homes, arresting people on trumped-up charges, and so on. ![]() Still, this alteration gives Ferguson, a compelling screen presence, more to do as an actor, as Juliette deals with grief while slowly sussing out a whodunit. This is a change from the original tale, in which George is barely mentioned, and she learns about the silo's secrets through other means. After that, the show shifts to Juliette’s investigation into the death of her lover, George, which leads her into the mystery of the silo. (She and Howey are among the show’s executive producers, as is its creator, Graham Yost of Justified fame.) The first novella is dispensed with quickly-almost entirely in the first episode, a showcase for the reliable Oyelowo. The first season of the show is based on these two novellas and stars David Oyelowo as Sheriff Holston, Tim Robbins as Bernard, and Dune’s Rebecca Ferguson as Juliette. Not long after Juliette takes the job, she finds herself looking into secrets of the silo, and asking very dangerous questions. The next novella, “Proper Gauge,” follows other characters, including Marnes and Jahns, who convince Juliette Nichols, a tough-minded worker from the silo’s Mechanical section, to become the new sheriff-over the objections of the shifty, power-hungry head of IT, Bernard Holland, who wants to install his own man, Peter Billings, as the new top cop. Years later, the sheriff also decides to go topside, where he makes a chilling discovery. Around the same time, Allison became preoccupied with the silo’s past, wondering whether the powers that be were telling the truth about what happened to the historical record-and soon she discovers something that makes her want to go outside. ![]() A few years earlier, Holston and his wife, computer tech Allison, finally got approval to have a child, but had no luck conceiving. In the original story, Sheriff Holston is the silo’s well-liked lawman, with a loyal deputy named Marnes both serve under the benevolent Mayor Jahns. It was so popular that he continued the tale in four sequel novellas, which were traditionally published in print form as the collection Wool in 2012. ![]() The book series modestly began as a novella, “Wool,” which Howey self-published in 2011. Very few people have gone out there, as volunteers or as convicted lawbreakers, and those still in the silo watched them die horribly on their viewscreens, poisoned by toxic air. One thing everyone is certain about, though, is that the world outside the silo, up on the surface, is deadly. It’s been many generations since the fairly low-tech silo was built, and its origins are murky, as many historical records were long ago erased, allegedly by rebels. Thousands of people live in the silo, which is made up of 144 floors, extending deep into the earth to go between levels, one must climb up and down seemingly endless flights of stairs. The new Apple TV+ series Silo, which premieres on May 5, is based on Hugh Howey’s SF book series of the same name, set in an underground city in a post-apocalyptic future. ![]()
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