# The Dying Earth by Jack Vance

4 Hacker News commenters recommended The Dying Earth by Jack Vance and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a standout read and praise Vance's prose. No recurring caveats appear in the quotes.

## Why people recommend it

- Standout read among recommendations (1 comments): "A few standouts have been the dying earth by jack vance" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49278881))
- Prose praised as enjoyable (1 comments): "If only I enjoyed LLMs prose as much as I do Vance's." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49252811))

## 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/0671655647?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9780671655648) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "The Dying Earth by Jack Vance", https://hackerapproved.com/p/dying-earth/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).