# Remembrance of Earth's Past by Liu Cixin

4 Hacker News commenters recommended Remembrance of Earth's Past by Liu Cixin and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a life-changing masterpiece whose bleak third book deepens the experience. No recurring criticism was raised.

## Why people recommend it

- Called a life-changing masterpiece (1 comments): "life-changing, truly a masterpiece" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46348642))
- Bleak third book deepens the experience (1 comments): "The absolute depression by the third book helps you experience this more than this bullshit Cliff's notes." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47107935))
- Self-reinforcing ideas feel reasonable throughout (1 comments): "I think it's all reasonable in the books, especially as a self-reinforcing state." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47568011))

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- [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/1250254493?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9781250254498) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Remembrance of Earth's Past by Liu Cixin", https://hackerapproved.com/p/remembrance-of-earth-s-past/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).