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A fact from Finity appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 May2026(check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the science-fiction novel Finity was praised by reviewers as an "adventure of ideas", with inventive use of virtual reality and parallel-world concepts despite its thin plot?
... that the hard SF novel Finity tackles concepts such as quantum physics, abductive reasoning and many-worlds interpretation, while tackling the mystery of the disappearance of the United States? Source: Quantum physics is mentioned in every source. Abductive reasoning is stressed by several, such as Wolfe and Broderick. MWI is mentioned by Broderick (as Many Worlds). The plotpoint of the disappearance of US is mentioned in most sources (ex. Wolfe).
Overall: I think the hook can be improved. A casual reader will not immediately know what SF stands for and you use "tackle" twice. How about the following:
ALT1a: ... that the science fiction novel Finity tackles concepts such as quantum physics, abductive reasoning and many-worlds interpretation, while its protagnonists ponder why the United States had mysterious vanished?
ALT1b: ... that the science fiction novel Finity tackles concepts such as quantum physics, abductive reasoning and many-worlds interpretation, while its protagonists ponder why the U.S.A. had mysteriously vanished?
@Dclemens1971: Hmmmm, fair point, but at the same time, these are real world scientific concepts, and the reviewers tend to discuss how they are used in the novel extensively. Isn't saying, simplisticly, "this book engages with real world scientific theory X" satisfying the cited guideline? Consider some of the following ALTs. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here00:53, 27 April 2026 (UTC)Reply
ALT2: ... that a central conceptual element in the science fiction novel Finity is the use of abductive reasoning, a form of logical inference associated with the philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce?
ALT4: ... that the science fiction novel Finity draws on and reinterprets established genre conventions related to the concepts of parallel worlds and alternate histories?
@Piotrus and A.Cython: Don't know what the issue of "legality" would be, but I think the DYKFICTION issue is this part of the hook: while its protagonists ponder why the U.S.A. had mysteriously vanished? The first part would be fine on the DYKFICTION front (the subject matter of fiction is fair game, just not the plot details), although I don't think these hooks pass WP:DYKINT; it is not uncommon for scifi books to cover these subjects, and some of them (like ALT3 and ALT4) are not particularly accessible. Do the reviewers highlight unusual or fresh ways in which the novel engages these subjects? Dclemens1971 (talk) 01:01, 27 April 2026 (UTC)Reply
ALT5: ... that the science fiction novel Finity was praised by reviewers as an "adventure of ideas" with inventive use of virtual reality and parallel-world concepts despite its thin plot?
I think the hook can be improved. A casual reader will not immediately know what SF stands for and you use "tackle" twice. How about the following: 
Adding a ? template as discussion continues. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:13, 27 April 2026 (UTC)
Ok, then I approve ALT5 (full credit goes to Piotrus), hopefully this is ok by the others. A.Cython(talk) 02:23, 28 April 2026 (UTC)