Book · 2011 · Scifi
Wool
- mentions
- 9
- people
- 5
- podcasts
- 4
- episodes
- 4
- recommendation
- 1
The year that Wool came out it was the most reviewed and highest reviewed item on Amazon.
What they say about it
- Bestseller status on the market“New York Times bestseller”2
The best things said about it
Over the last couple weeks since your recommendation I have read the book Wool which is the first in the series that is The Silo series on Apple TV.
When we went around to the big publishers Wool was already a New York Times bestseller.
So there's a there's a there's a science fiction novel by this guy hugh howey um wool have you ever read that.
Where and when it comes up
Mentions per year
How it comes up
Most mentions, by podcast
5 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
Wool by Hugh Howey is a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel set in a vast underground silo where humanity survives under strict rules. The book achieved significant attention when discussed on podcast episodes. On Acquired, David Rosenthal thanked Ben Gilbert for recommending the story, noting that he had just finished reading it. The author himself, Hugh Howey, appeared on The Tim Ferriss Show to share the unorthodox journey of the book's publication. Howey and Tim Ferriss discussed how the specific way the author structured the ending of the narrative contributed to it becoming the most reviewed and highest-rated item on Amazon the year it was released. Howey explained that the story gained massive traction, becoming a New York Times bestseller and securing a feature film option with Ridley Scott and 20th Century Fox before he ever signed with traditional publishers. After later reclaiming his rights, he successfully took the title back to auction and secured numerous foreign translation deals. On My First Million, Shaan Puri also introduced the story as a prime example of brilliant business tactics that transformed a self-published author into a millionaire, illustrating the massive commercial viability of modern indie publishing models.
Every mention
David Rosenthal well I have to give you a big thank you because over the last couple weeks since your recommendation I have… 1
“well I have to give you a big thank you because over the last couple weeks since your recommendation I have read the book wool which is the first in the series that is The Silo series on Apple TV”
Hugh Howey so when we went around to the big Publishers wool was already a New York Times bestseller we had Ridley Sco… 5
“it worked so well that the year that wool came out it was the most reviewed and highest reviewed item on Amazon”
“so when we went around to the big Publishers wool was already a New York Times bestseller we had Ridley Scott on board and 20th Century Fox to a feature”
“the book was still a bestseller when we got the rights back and so we got to go to auction again and this is where you believe in your work more than a publisher does”
“one one of the weeks that I hit the list with wool I know what I sold that week and I know what the number one author who's a friend of mine sold the week before”
“we've done just for wool probably 50 deals in other countries and then and those are”
Dr. Bradley Garrett so there's a there's a there's a science fiction novel by this guy hugh howey um wool have you ever read that 1
“so there's a there's a there's a science fiction novel by this guy hugh howey um wool have you ever read that”
Shaan Puri So, have you ever heard of this book called Wool? No. 1
“So, have you ever heard of this book called Wool? No.”
Tim Ferriss and we're going to bounce around chronologically but how you structured the end of wool 1
“and we're going to bounce around chronologically but how you structured the end of wool”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“but we're doing a a deluxe edition of wool that'll be out later this year which I'm probably upsetting Somebody by talking about it”