# City by Clifford Simak

3 Hacker News commenters recommended City by Clifford Simak and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A science fiction classic that commenters urge others to read. No critic of the book appears in the quotes.

## Why people recommend it

- Recommended as a scifi classic (1 comments): "If you haven't read the scifi classic "City" by Clifford Simak, please do so!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47146792))

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- [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/0020253915?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9780020253914) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "City by Clifford Simak", https://hackerapproved.com/p/city/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).