Signal to Noise
Signal to Noise by Eric Nylundby Eric S. Nylund
Shares rank 135 of 179 science fiction novels by recommenders
Recommended for its take on biotech and self-modification singularities and its handling of the dark forest concept, which readers call strange and great.
Recommended for its take on biotech and self-modification singularities and its handling of the dark forest concept, which readers call strange and great.
3 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 3
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not 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 2 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
Explores biotech and self-modification singularities
“interesting conceptual things around biotech/selfmodification singularities in addition to the more common computational singularities”
Comment from 16 May 2026 in “Accelerando (2005)” Captures the dark forest concept well
“those two novels of Nylund's really captured the dark forest concept well”
Comment from 22 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Books mentioned on Hacker News in 2025” Strange and great
“But they are strange and great.”
Comment from 22 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Books mentioned on Hacker News in 2025” Author's work recommended by readers
“I also recommend Eric Nylund's work”
Comment from 22 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Books mentioned on Hacker News in 2025”
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| Duneby Frank Herbert | 82 | 25 | 77% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Signal to Noiseby Eric S. NylundThis page | 3 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
All 4 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“interesting conceptual things around biotech/selfmodification singularities in addition to the more common computational singularities”
“those two novels of Nylund's really captured the dark forest concept well”
“But they are strange and great.”
“I also recommend Eric Nylund's work”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.