Neptune's Brood
Neptune's Brood by Charles Strossby Charles Stross
Shares rank 135 of 179 science fiction novels by recommenders
Recommended for its detailed treatment of interstellar trade and finance between colonies, with a sense of humor about tentacled aliens.
Recommended for its detailed treatment of interstellar trade and finance between colonies, with a sense of humor about tentacled aliens.
3 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 3
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 3 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Detailed interstellar trade and finance
“A major structural core of the book is how different colonies trade and the finance models across interstellar distances.”
Comment from 20 Apr 2026 in “The Theory of Interstellar Trade [pdf]” Fun tentacled alien content
“Give me the tentacles any day.”
Comment from 16 Jun 2026 in “The Dead Economy Theory”
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| Duneby Frank Herbert | 82 | 25 | 77% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Neptune's Broodby Charles StrossThis page | 3 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
2 of the 3 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Give me the tentacles any day.”
“A major structural core of the book is how different colonies trade and the finance models across interstellar distances.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.