# Time Enough for Love by Robert A. Heinlein Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/time-enough-for-love/ 3 people recommended Time Enough for Love by Robert A. Heinlein in Hacker News comments and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 12 months, in 2 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule. 2 of the 3 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “Ask HN: What did you read in 2025?”. **Verdict:** Readers call it a phenomenal, still-good read and say it beats Stranger in a Strange Land, though it is a long, sprawling novel. Summary written by Claude from 3 comments. ## Why people recommend it - Considered better than Stranger in a Strange Land (1 comment in the sample): "IMHO much better than Stranger in a Strange Land." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47890152)) - Still a good read (1 comment in the sample): "held up at all (and it's still a good read" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46398318)) - Highly recommended by readers (1 comment in the sample): "PHENOMENAL, highly recommended" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46396259)) ## Other science fiction novels people recommend - [Blindsight by Peter Watts](https://hackerapproved.com/p/blindsight/): 78 recommend, 18 mixed, 23 criticize - [Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky](https://hackerapproved.com/p/children-of-time/): 64 recommend, 1 mixed, 4 criticize - [Accelerando by Charles Stross](https://hackerapproved.com/p/accelerando/): 63 recommend, 7 mixed, 8 criticize - [There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm](https://hackerapproved.com/p/there-is-no-antimemetics-division/): 57 recommend, 34 mixed, 28 criticize ## The badge A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged. ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Time Enough for Love by Robert A. Heinlein", https://hackerapproved.com/p/time-enough-for-love/ (3 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026). Counts updated 3 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.