Warranty Void If Regenerated
Warranty Void If Regenerated by qntmby qntm
Ranked 7 of 32 short stories by recommenders
Readers praise its fun, readable writing and strong ideas, often comparing it to Andy Weir. Main caveat: it runs long, and the dialogue is criticized as barren.
Readers praise its fun, readable writing and strong ideas, often comparing it to Andy Weir. Main caveat: it runs long, and the dialogue is criticized as barren.
13 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 10
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 77%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: 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
- 10 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 3.3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, 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
Fun, enjoyable read
“I liked it. It has a similar feel to an Andy Weir "The martian" type of novel.”
Comment from 18 Mar 2026 in “Warranty Void If Regenerated” “This was actually a fun, enjoyable read.”
Comment from 19 Mar 2026 in “Warranty Void If Regenerated” Writing praised as excellent
“The writing struck me as genuinely good, like something out of The New Yorker.”
Comment from 19 Mar 2026 in “Warranty Void If Regenerated” “The writing is really extraordinary.”
Comment from 18 Mar 2026 in “Warranty Void If Regenerated” Strong ideas and emotional resonance
“I genuinely resonated with the story, but when I learned it was written by Claude it kind of left me feeling ... betrayed?”
Comment from 18 Mar 2026 in “Warranty Void If Regenerated” “the ideas here are really good”
Comment from 19 Mar 2026 in “Warranty Void If Regenerated”
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| They're Made Out of Meatby Terry Bisson | 17 | 4 | 81% | 4 | — | Approved |
| Lenaby qntm | 16 | 0 | 100% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Warranty Void If Regeneratedby qntmThis page | 10 | 3 | 77% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
All 13 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“as the EXCELLENT short story from the other day explained”
“The dialogue is barren, soulless.”
“This was actually a fun, enjoyable read.”
“The writing struck me as genuinely good, like something out of The New Yorker.”
“what a nice novella, llm warts and all”
“This had the feeling of reading someone's diary: today happened, same as yesterday.”
“the contrast between text and background was terrible”
“This was good, but I think it could have been 10% as long”
“the ideas here are really good”
“the delivery felt anathema to the message”
“I genuinely resonated with the story, but when I learned it was written by Claude it kind of left me feeling ... betrayed?”
“I liked it. It has a similar feel to an Andy Weir "The martian" type of novel.”
“The writing is really extraordinary.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.