false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179251813m/893590.jpg 893590 9 Just when you thought it was safe to go back into interstellar space . . . Alastair Reynolds burst onto the SF scene with the Arthur C. Clarke Award-shortlisted REVELATION SPACE, British Science Fiction Award-winning CHASM CITY, and REDEMPTION ARK. Now experience the phenomenal imagination and breathtaking vision of 'The most exciting space opera writer working today' (Locus) in these two tales of high adventure set in the same universe as his novels. The title story, 'Diamond Dogs', tells of a group of mercenaries trying to unravel the mystery of a particularly inhospitable alien tower on a distant world; 'Turquoise Days' is about Naqi, who has devoted her life to studying the alien Pattern Jugglers. 878818 9 10 2003 Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days: Tales from the Revelation Space Universe (Gollancz) total:348|5:65|4:137|3:130|2:12|1:4| 348 1291 465 18 5 0 false false Fri Feb 27 17:55:58 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 20:10:18 -0800 2009 Type: Morality play
Tech Style: Unobtainium
Consistency: Excellent (as are all of AR's books)
AR is an author with a hard, gritty style. His characters are very believable; they are complex and you tend to develop a ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Sep 16 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sun Oct 19 06:38:37 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 24 05:09:53 -0700 2009 La cité du gouffre. Ces deux nouvelles très différentes sont fascinantes, et méritent chacune une lecture attentite.

Diamond dogs

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Diamond Dogs reminds me of a Star Trek episode: imposing spire full of challenges, and punishments, for those who enter and accept.

Turquoise Days was a lot more like Herbert's Jesus Incident et seq., in more ways than one.

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This book is an extremely quick read with two short stories that take place in the Revelation Space Universe. Other than being set i...more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Oct 02 03:35:55 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 03:35:55 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jun 01 09:02:46 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 01 09:11:48 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Apr 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 18 19:23:46 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 18 19:26:46 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Apr 16 19:54:52 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 16 19:55:43 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 25 21:55:51 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 25 21:58:08 -0700 2007 1 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Aug 02 14:09:11 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 02 14:09:11 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 12 13:59:38 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 14:02:17 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sun Oct 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 26 16:12:10 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 26 16:13:14 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Wed Jan 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jun 04 08:14:11 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 04 08:18:29 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 11 21:34:21 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 11 21:40:28 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Thu Nov 26 22:24:06 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 26 22:24:06 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Wed Nov 25 10:42:57 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 25 10:42:57 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=893590