![]() ![]() I’ve only pointed this out to a few people (I prefer to let ![]() The cover of the first WOOL is meant to highlight these multiple Hidden clue here and there among the page numbers. Readers with the print editions might notice a “fleeced.” All of these readings have contemporary parallels, and allĪre fully intended. ![]() Humans being compared to sheep when we are taken advantage of or Metaphorical blind followers who just do what they’re told, go where What is really out there? Who isīeing deceived? Or are they? There’s also the allusion to sheep, those There’s the old phrase “Pull the wool over my eyes,” which is the Howey: There are quite a few meanings behind the title of the series. Per these interviews with series author Hugh Howey, there were a variety of out-of-universe connotations for the word " Wool". ![]()
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