Think Weirder: The Year's Best SciFi Ideas
Think Weirder: The Year's Best SciFi Ideas by Jeffrey Fordby Jeffrey Ford
Shares rank 7 of 13 short story collections by recommenders
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.
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.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 56%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not 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
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1.2 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 1 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
Good near-future speculative ideas
“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”
Comment from 10 Nov 2025 in “Think Weirder: The Year's Best SciFi Ideas” Enjoyable, thought-provoking stories
“This is really amazing, I was daydreaming recently and thought how cool it would be to create something like that.”
Comment from 10 Nov 2025 in “Think Weirder: The Year's Best SciFi Ideas” Positive early reviews
“early reviews are excellent”
Comment from 19 Nov 2025 in “Think Weirder: The Year's Best SciFi Ideas”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
No DRM-free or PDF option
“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.”
Comment from 10 Nov 2025 in “Think Weirder: The Year's Best SciFi Ideas” “Sadly, no PDF version available... meh...”
Comment from 10 Nov 2025 in “Think Weirder: The Year's Best SciFi Ideas” “Why include DRM in your Amazon ebook?”
Comment from 10 Nov 2025 in “Think Weirder: The Year's Best SciFi Ideas” Not truly the best ideas
“Definitely far from "Best SciFi Ideas".”
Comment from 10 Nov 2025 in “Think Weirder: The Year's Best SciFi Ideas”
Other short story collections people recommend
The four most recommended other short story collections, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exhalationby Ted Chiang | 21 | 0 | 100% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Stories of Your Life and Othersby Ted Chiang | 15 | 0 | 100% | 6 | — | Approved |
| Valuable Humans in Transitby qntm | 10 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | Approved |
| Ficcionesby Jorge Luis Borges | 6 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
| Think Weirder: The Year's Best SciFi Ideasby Jeffrey FordThis page | 5 | 4 | 56% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
8 of the 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“early reviews are excellent”
“I bought the book - looks good!”
“Definitely far from "Best SciFi Ideas".”
“Why include DRM in your Amazon ebook?”
“This is really amazing, I was daydreaming recently and thought how cool it would be to create something like that.”
“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”
“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.”
“Sadly, no PDF version available... meh...”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.