# Time by Stephen Baxter

4 Hacker News commenters recommended Time by Stephen Baxter and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People point to it as a read on the history of humanity's relationship with time, though some mentions are of other things called Time.

## Why people recommend it

- Covers history of human relationship with time (2 comments): "Great documentary on the history of human relationship with time is available here" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48921939)) "Part of it deals with this precise topic." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49640534))
- Described as a good read (1 comments): "The comparison between jiff, chrono, time and hifitime is just as good of a read in my opinion" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47504537))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky](https://hackerapproved.com/p/crime-and-punishment.md): 39 recommend
- [The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky](https://hackerapproved.com/p/brothers-karamazov.md): 28 recommend
- [Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace](https://hackerapproved.com/p/infinite-jest.md): 26 recommend
- [The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://hackerapproved.com/p/great-gatsby.md): 24 recommend
- [Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand](https://hackerapproved.com/p/atlas-shrugged.md): 23 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Time+by+Stephen+Baxter&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Time by Stephen Baxter", https://hackerapproved.com/p/time/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).