I worked on a sci-fi book for the 2025
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Just about a year ago, the concept for a sci-fi book popped into my head. I instantly knew I have to see it through despite not having any writing experience (and a pretty demanding job). Over 2025, I attended writer circles, improved my writing, and structured the story. Here is the first chapter. I hope you enjoy it :)
HN · launched Jan 1, 2026 · 5 upvotes (top 90%) · 0 views
Niche: books and publications · 14 launches, 2 in the last 7 days · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Media & entertainment
- Content generation
- B2C
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
No This is a creative writing novel project, which is artistic content rather than software to vibe-code.
What it would actually take: This is a creative literary work rather than a software application. Producing a full-length, coherent sci-fi novel requires extensive personal creative writing, narrative plotting, world-building, and iterative human editing rather than software engineering.
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Launched 64 days after the earliest competitor.
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