# Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky

4 Hacker News commenters recommended Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky and 5 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for its big philosophical questions and as a strong entry in its series; critics find it slow and weaker than the first two books.

## Why people recommend it

- Explores big philosophical questions (1 comments): "delivers more of the great philosophical questions & answers" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46398175))
- Each series book strong (1 comments): "Every book of the series is amazing in its own way." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49985832))

## What people warn about

- Did not work for several readers (3 comments): "Children of Memory is not a good book, IMO." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46672042)) "I remember not liking Children of Memory" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47294377)) "Children of Memory did nothing for me" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46672686))
- Weaker than the earlier books (2 comments): "Children of Memory was out there compared to the first two!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47297854)) "found the third one to be a bit inconsequential" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46671077))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir](https://hackerapproved.com/p/project-hail-mary.md): 117 recommend
- [There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm](https://hackerapproved.com/p/there-is-no-antimemetics-division.md): 98 recommend
- [Blindsight by Peter Watts](https://hackerapproved.com/p/blindsight.md): 96 recommend
- [Dune by Frank Herbert](https://hackerapproved.com/p/dune.md): 82 recommend
- [Accelerando by Charles Stross](https://hackerapproved.com/p/accelerando.md): 71 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1529087198?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9781529087192) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky", https://hackerapproved.com/p/children-of-memory/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).