# Axiomatic by Greg Egan

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Axiomatic by Greg Egan and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a strong short story collection by Greg Egan, with one commenter suggesting it as a starting point for his work.

## Why people recommend it

- Excellent short story collection (1 comments): "excellent short story collection" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50224749))
- Great alongside Permutation City (1 comments): "I've read Permutation City and Axiomatic both pretty great." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45880476))
- Good entry point to Egan (1 comments): "If you can find a copy of Axiomatic, start there." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45879034))

## 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/0575081740?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9780575081741) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Axiomatic by Greg Egan", https://hackerapproved.com/p/axiomatic/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).