# The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling by Ted Chiang

5 Hacker News commenters recommended The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling by Ted Chiang and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a short story that explores where memory-recap devices may head, with a Black Mirror comparison.

## Why people recommend it

- Excellent story praised by several (3 comments): "Reminds me Chiang's great short story 'The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling'" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47125773)) "Ted Chiang's excellent story The Truth Of Fact, The Truth of Feeling" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46803697)) "“The Truth of Fact, The Truth of Feeling” is also a good story." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48396310))
- Explores future of recap devices (2 comments): "It explores pretty much what an end state of some of these recap devices will look like in the future" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49645876)) "I really like the explorations of this space done in Black Mirror's The Entire History of You" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47095933))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [The Last Question by Isaac Asimov](https://hackerapproved.com/p/last-question.md): 50 recommend
- [There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury](https://hackerapproved.com/p/there-will-come-soft-rains.md): 27 recommend
- [They're Made Out of Meat by Terry Bisson](https://hackerapproved.com/p/they-re-made-out-of-meat.md): 17 recommend
- [Lena by qntm](https://hackerapproved.com/p/lena.md): 16 recommend
- [The Machine Stops by E. M. Forster](https://hackerapproved.com/p/machine-stops.md): 15 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Truth+of+Fact%2C+the+Truth+of+Feeling+by+Ted+Chiang&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling by Ted Chiang", https://hackerapproved.com/p/truth-of-fact-the-truth-of-feeling/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).