I think that's just the nature of pulling books from HN comments - a lot of those comments are trying to convince people of a viewpoint, so it seems unsurprisin

I think that's just the nature of pulling books from HN comments - a lot of those comments are trying to convince people of a viewpoint, so it seems unsurprising that this is the kind of list you'd end up with. Not good or bad, just a function of where they're coming from. And as for book recommendations, Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky.