# Think Weirder: The Year's Best SciFi Ideas by Jeffrey Ford

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Think Weirder: The Year's Best SciFi Ideas by Jeffrey Ford and 4 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Readers who recommend it say it is an engaging collection of near-future science fiction that helps them think about how the future could look. Critics say it falls short of its title and that the Amazon ebook carries DRM.

## Why people recommend it

- Good near-future speculative ideas (1 comments): "There's some really excellent stuff in here, fiction is a great way to analyse and get thinking about how the near-ish future could look" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45878682))
- Enjoyable, thought-provoking stories (1 comments): "This is really amazing, I was daydreaming recently and thought how cool it would be to create something like that." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45879417))
- Positive early reviews (1 comments): "early reviews are excellent" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45982281))

## What people warn about

- No DRM-free or PDF option (3 comments): "Ha - immediately taken down. It's fine to not want folks to use the discount anymore, but please provide an option besides renting from Amazon." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45878377)) "Sadly, no PDF version available... meh..." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45878238)) "Why include DRM in your Amazon ebook?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45879862))
- Not truly the best ideas (1 comments): "Definitely far from "Best SciFi Ideas"." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45880692))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Exhalation by Ted Chiang](https://hackerapproved.com/p/exhalation.md): 21 recommend
- [Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang](https://hackerapproved.com/p/stories-of-your-life-and-others.md): 15 recommend
- [Valuable Humans in Transit by qntm](https://hackerapproved.com/p/valuable-humans-in-transit.md): 10 recommend
- [Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ficciones.md): 6 recommend
- [The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio](https://hackerapproved.com/p/decameron.md): 6 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Think+Weirder%3A+The+Year%27s+Best+SciFi+Ideas&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Think Weirder: The Year's Best SciFi Ideas by Jeffrey Ford", https://hackerapproved.com/p/think-weirder-the-year-s-best-scifi-ideas/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).