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Even in science fiction, pure math doesn’t get as much play as robotics or cosmology or genetic engineering. So the promise of a math savant as a protagonist with a title like Zero Sum Game was enough to get me excited for SL Huang’s debut novel. I was expecting something a bit more in the vein of Neal Stephenson or Ryan North, with explorations of mathematical concepts woven into the story. What I did not know is that Huang has a background both in mathematics and stunt performing, so her protagonist is an action hero who uses her gifts at computation to dodge bullets and break bones. So I didn’t get quite what I expected from Zero Sum Game, but I was better prepared to appreciate the sequel, Null Set. What the book may lack in mathematical depth, it makes up for in exploration of the problem of evil.
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