# Walkaway by Cory Doctorow

4 Hacker News commenters recommended Walkaway by Cory Doctorow and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as fun speculative fiction with techcentric utopian ideas, especially for nerds. The most common caveat is that its 3D printer technology is unrealistic.

## Why people recommend it

- Fun speculative fiction for nerds (2 comments): "It's a good bit of speculative fiction with other fun technology, strong recommend to nerds." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46760013)) "Fun techcentric utopian speculation about this: Cory Doctorow's "Walkaway"" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48268422))
- Utopian techcentric speculation about technology (1 comments): "Fun techcentric utopian speculation about this: Cory Doctorow's "Walkaway"" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48268422))
- Imagines a 3D printer future (1 comments): "read "Walkaway", by Cory Doctorow. This is the 3D printer fantasy future" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49494024))

## What people warn about

- 3D printers unrealistic in real life (1 comments): "It sort of works in the story. But in reality, 3D printers aren't that good." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49493915))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir](https://hackerapproved.com/p/project-hail-mary.md): 117 recommend
- [There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm](https://hackerapproved.com/p/there-is-no-antimemetics-division.md): 98 recommend
- [Blindsight by Peter Watts](https://hackerapproved.com/p/blindsight.md): 96 recommend
- [Dune by Frank Herbert](https://hackerapproved.com/p/dune.md): 82 recommend
- [Accelerando by Charles Stross](https://hackerapproved.com/p/accelerando.md): 71 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0765392771?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9780765392770) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Walkaway by Cory Doctorow", https://hackerapproved.com/p/walkaway/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).