Two of my favorite authors growing up were Franklin W. Dixon and Carolyn Keene, authors of the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew books. I read everything I could get my hands on from both of them. It would be decades before I learned that neither author actually exists. Both were the creation of Edward Stratemeyer, [ ] The post Humazon appeared first on Hugh Howey .
My favorite movie of all-time is the 1990 adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac starring Gérard Depardieu. From the moment my best friend sat me down and showed me the film, it went straight to the top. I became obsessed with the original play and its various translations, the fantastic Steve Martin version Roxanne, and even [ ] The post The Bergerac Test appeared first on Hugh Howey .
Nine years ago, I wrote a blog post about my ideal novel writing tool called NEO. You can read that original post here. The problem I was trying to solve was replicating the clean, crisp workflow I ve always had in Apple s Pages, before Apple updated and ruined Pages. Most of my novels have been written [ ] The post Introducing NEO appeared first on Hugh Howey .
We knew this day would come. Some of us have known for decades, have been writing and pontificating about this since Ken Jennings lost at Jeopardy and Kasparov lost at chess. The writing was on the wall, and now the writing is everywhere. Literally. Artificial Intelligence is writing about as well as humans at [ ] The post The End of an Era appeared first on Hugh Howey .
A few months ago, we wrapped on season four of Silo, which will be the last season. Even though most of the work was done filming the show, and season three was ready to air, there s still a lot of post-production to do on season four. But it felt like the journey was over for [ ] The post Silo Season Three appeared first on Hugh Howey .
For the first time since 1946, the total debt of the United States ($39.5 trillion) is greater than our GDP ($32-ish trillion). The interest on this debt is currently about $1 trillion per year, which is more than we spend on defense. This level of debt won t create an explosion, but more of a slow [ ] The post The Slow Death of the United States appeared first on Hugh Howey .
Adapting a novel into film or TV requires a ton of decisions. What parts of the book are most important? How can we reduce the cast size, or the number of locations, or do things practically or with effects to meet a budget. Things have to change for the new medium. But there are a [ ] The post Let s Not Forget appeared first on Hugh Howey .
GOOSEBUMPS! I can t wait for you all to see where this goes. The post Silo Season 3 Trailer appeared first on Hugh Howey .
The Prisoner s Dilemma is one of game theory s all-time great puzzles. It goes like this: Two men are taken into custody for a crime. The cops have a little evidence, enough to put both men away for a few years, but if they had more to go on, the punishment could be a lot more [ ] The post The Tragedy of the Commoner appeared first on Hugh Howey .
My first game console was Pong, which was THE first game console. Pong was created a few years before I was born, but by the time I could twiddle a knob it was the only thing in the household to jack into a TV. From there, we had an Atari, ColecoVision, my dad s Apple IIe, [ ] The post Catastrophes in Game Publishing appeared first on Hugh Howey .