Category Archives: “Silo” Apple TV Series

“Digger” Rocks!

Posted on October 21, 2026 by williamjcobb

Action-adventure superstar Tom Cruise makes a smart, funny film and it’s proclaimed one of the biggest flops of the year? Perhaps the critics can’t take a joke. Digger is filled with them. Continue reading →

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“Nuclear War: A Scenario”: TV Series “Silo” Not Far-Fetched

Posted on October 3, 2026 by williamjcobb

Nuclear War: A Scenario may be the scariest book I’ve ever read. Continue reading →

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“Silo” as Tormented A.I. Captives

Posted on September 3, 2026 by williamjcobb

I’m glad to see the dangers of A.I. cropping up in pop fiction and film. I’ve used it myself, in such stories as “Camp America” (available here: see the website banner for link to the file). Continue reading →

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Neo-Medieval Charms of “Silo” 

Posted on August 29, 2026 by williamjcobb

Silo has become quite timely: While the plotlines involving the present-day Silo people are taking place roughly four centuries in the future, there’s now a plotline that appears to be set in roughly present-day contemporary times: In the series we are at war with Iran. Continue reading →

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