# All the Troubles of the World by Isaac Asimov

3 Hacker News commenters recommended All the Troubles of the World by Isaac Asimov and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for its MULTIVAC story with a pre-crime theme; one commenter calls that element somewhat disturbing.

## Why people recommend it

- Pre-crime theme in a MULTIVAC story (1 comments): "There is a pre-crime element to it that is... somewhat disturbing." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46713330))
- Preferred among MULTIVAC stories (1 comments): "As far as MULTIVAC stories go, I always preferred" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47809510))

## What people warn about

- Pre-crime element seems somewhat disturbing (1 comments): "There is a pre-crime element to it that is... somewhat disturbing." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46713330))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Exhalation by Ted Chiang](https://hackerapproved.com/p/exhalation.md): 21 recommend
- [Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang](https://hackerapproved.com/p/stories-of-your-life-and-others.md): 15 recommend
- [Valuable Humans in Transit by qntm](https://hackerapproved.com/p/valuable-humans-in-transit.md): 10 recommend
- [Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ficciones.md): 6 recommend
- [The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio](https://hackerapproved.com/p/decameron.md): 6 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0886822335?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9780886822330) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "All the Troubles of the World by Isaac Asimov", https://hackerapproved.com/p/all-the-troubles-of-the-world/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).