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Cover of Randomize (Forward collection)

Randomize (Forward collection)

Andy Weir ()

Subgenre
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age13

Content levels

ViolenceNone
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

DeceptionGambling

Positive tags

AdventureMystery

Tropes

Hard SFMorally Gray ProtagonistHeist Crew Member

Themes

Scientific EthicsResourcefulnessBeating the SystemDeceptionRisk and Reward

Synopsis

In the near future, if Vegas games are ingeniously scam-proof, then the heists have to be too, in this imaginative and whip-smart story by the New York Times bestselling author of The Martian . An IT whiz at the Babylon Casino is enlisted to upgrade security for the game of keno and its random-number generator. The new quantum computer system is foolproof. But someone on the inside is no fool. For once the odds may not favor the house—unless human ingenuity isn’t entirely a thing of the past. Andy Weir’s Randomize is part of Forward , a collection of six stories of the near and far future from out-of-this-world authors. Each piece can be read or listened to in a single thought-provoking sitting. Audible narration by Janina Gavankar ( True Blood )

Tags

Near FutureHeist FictionTechno-ThrillerShort Fiction