Talk:What If? (book)

I'm moving over the discussion page on what if (which had already previously been moved in 2020) to make a different page for the book and the blog. Everything below is the what if discussion --FaviFake (talk) 15:12, 21 May 2023 (UTC)

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I moved the what if? page to here because I was unable to use the "move" ability as it kept showing "No input file specified". — The 𝗦𝗾𝗿𝘁-𝟭 ^{talk stalk} 06:44, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

I just noticed this: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/29/science/randall-munroe-question-popcorn.html It seems to be a continuation of what if in spirit but not in name, should we link to it from here?

Is the "it's" in the UK book description a typo by the article writer, or is it there in the actual book? I can't find it on the internets. Szeth Pancakes (talk) 20:36, 30 August 2022 (UTC)

Summary

What exactly is the summary? There are numerous fallacies in it. Please provide context or I will likely return and edit this in the future. SilverTheTerribleMathematician (talk) 15:11, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

Agree, the book pages in general are pretty bad. --FaviFake (talk) 10:16, 26 January 2025 (UTC)

What If? 10th Anniversary Edition

42 added the introduction of the book here, which made me wonder whether we need What If? 10th Anniversary Edition, a page i created for it. if the UK edition is on this page, why should the 10th ann. edition be on another? The main difference between the 2 additional editions are:

• They're about 10 years apart
• The new one has 1 more chapter
• A different title and different "subtitle"
• Am I missing other differences?

So, do you think we should leave What If? 10th Anniversary Edition up, or should we keep it on the original book's page? --FaviFake (talk) 10:16, 26 January 2025 (UTC)

hey where do i find the talk for the annotations of WI? 10th anniversary? Majordesmosnerd (talk) 20:52, 7 October 2026 (UTC)

@Majordesmosnerd You can post them at Talk:what if? articles#10th Anniversary Annotations! They aren't anywhere on explain xkcd because no one bothered to add them to the wiki. Do you have the book? FaviFake (talk) 11:03, 11 October 2026 (UTC)

I checked the copyright notice for WI 10th. It's all rights reserved. It's going to be harder to document annotations and transcribe images. (or impossible)Majordesmosnerd (talk) 16:18, 5 November 2026 (UTC)