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How HN took it
0 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 7 critical, out of 21 comments about the project. Thread score -0.31.
Idea: 0 for, 5 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Very cool project and a good idea for fantasy readers.
From 2 comments
I feel like it would be nice to have a "rising" category - most of these are from heavy hitters/already famous. However, very cool - any thoughts for other categories (SciFi,…
dannykwells on HNThis is great. Any plans to add other genres (sci fi, espionage, mystery...)?
matthewtoast on HN
Objections
Lists mostly famous, heavy-hitter books with little discovery.
From 3 comments
I feel like it would be nice to have a "rising" category - most of these are from heavy hitters/already famous. However, very cool - any thoughts for other categories (SciFi,…
dannykwells on HNThis is a fine list. I think the algos are probably reasonable and so forth. The reason I can say that is because it reads pretty much like a greatest hits of fantasy fiction…
omarhaneef on HNI would have preferred to see some examples of books that are really high quality, but not so well known. Two Examples: Daniel Abraham's (co-author of "The Expanse") The Long…
Wildgoose on HN
A list of books is not very inspiring without social context.
From 1 comment
Grats for shipping something, but my advice would be to give it more social substance since a list of books isn't all that inspiring. I can just go to Amazon's fantasy section…
hombre_fatal on HN
Page title reads Page Title.
From 1 comment
The page title is “Page Title”?
RyanMathewson on HN
Requests
Add other genres such as sci-fi, mystery and espionage.
From 3 comments
I feel like it would be nice to have a "rising" category - most of these are from heavy hitters/already famous. However, very cool - any thoughts for other categories (SciFi,…
dannykwells on HNThis is great. Any plans to add other genres (sci fi, espionage, mystery...)?
matthewtoast on HNYes please! This is great. Another request for Sci-Fi from me! :)
dvasdekis on HN
Add a rising or new books category.
From 1 comment
I feel like it would be nice to have a "rising" category - most of these are from heavy hitters/already famous. However, very cool - any thoughts for other categories (SciFi,…
dannykwells on HN
Link to Goodreads or HN comments for each book.
From 2 comments
This is pretty cool. Is the comment processing restricted to some period of time? Maybe considering linking to Goodreads as well?
hornd on HNIs there a way to Link back to the HN comments on each book? Btw I’ve been reading the robin Hobbs books for probably all of 2019 until now. There’s just so much there. Really…
mrfusion on HN
Add more books and filters.
From 1 comment
neat site and usual suspects are there, would prefer if you could add more books and some filters I've been mostly reading fantasy books for past 5+ years and /r/Fantasy [1] has…
asicsp on HN
Questions
How are book names extracted from comments and how is ranking made?
From 1 comment
Can you talk a little bit about how you are finding book names in comments and how you are making your ranking?
johnnyo on HN
Why link books to bookstore.org?
From 1 comment
I love how you linked each book into bookstore.org. Any specific reason?
rohmanhakim on HN
How was it implemented?
From 1 comment
Can you share a bit about how you implemented?
ahpearce on HN
Alternatives named
Amazon fantasy section and commercial top-n lists.
From 2 comments
Grats for shipping something, but my advice would be to give it more social substance since a list of books isn't all that inspiring. I can just go to Amazon's fantasy section…
hombre_fatal on HNI find the commercial top-n lists not useful. top fantasy: #1 urban vampires #2 harry potter top scifi: #1 star wars book #2 star trek book recommended for you: author(s) you…
m463 on HN
r/Fantasy reading lists.
From 1 comment
neat site and usual suspects are there, would prefer if you could add more books and some filters I've been mostly reading fantasy books for past 5+ years and /r/Fantasy [1] has…
asicsp on HN
Goodreads.
From 2 comments
This is pretty cool. Is the comment processing restricted to some period of time? Maybe considering linking to Goodreads as well?
hornd on HNGoodreads is a good concept, but it's a dumpster some Amazon bought it.
pnutjam on HN