# Hardwired by Walter Jon Williams

3 Hacker News commenters recommended Hardwired by Walter Jon Williams and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as an amazing cyberpunk novel, and one reader found parts of its future very prescient.

## Why people recommend it

- Described as an amazing cyberpunk novel (1 comments): "an amazing cyberpunk novel" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46367592))
- Prescient view of the future (1 comments): "I loved it, some of it is very prescient, but with lots of 80s influence to an imagined future." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47411959))

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## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0812519175?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9780812519174) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Hardwired by Walter Jon Williams", https://hackerapproved.com/p/hardwired/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).