# Learning to Be Me by Greg Egan

4 Hacker News commenters recommended Learning to Be Me by Greg Egan and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for its insight into consciousness and a hard-to-put-down read with a sublime ending.

## Why people recommend it

- Insightful about consciousness (1 comments): "Egan is perhaps the only contemporary author who actually _gets_ consciousness" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46821149))
- Gripping, hard to put down (1 comments): "You won't be able to put it down and the ending is sublime." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46820906))
- Sublime ending (1 comments): "You won't be able to put it down and the ending is sublime." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46820906))
- Deeper take on familiar theme (1 comments): "is an even better exploration of the same theme" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46488122))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [The Last Question by Isaac Asimov](https://hackerapproved.com/p/last-question.md): 50 recommend
- [There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury](https://hackerapproved.com/p/there-will-come-soft-rains.md): 27 recommend
- [They're Made Out of Meat by Terry Bisson](https://hackerapproved.com/p/they-re-made-out-of-meat.md): 17 recommend
- [Lena by qntm](https://hackerapproved.com/p/lena.md): 16 recommend
- [The Machine Stops by E. M. Forster](https://hackerapproved.com/p/machine-stops.md): 15 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Learning+to+Be+Me+by+Greg+Egan&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Learning to Be Me by Greg Egan", https://hackerapproved.com/p/learning-to-be-me/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).