Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days

from santhony

This book contains two novellas, set in the author's Revelation Space universe. While it is handy to have some background on the setting, it is not absolutely necessary. Diamond Dogs follows an eclectic collection of galactic adventurers as they take on the challenge of solving the riddles posed ...

from suffe

Combining two shorter stories turn out to be to Reynolds advantage. Some of the trouble I've had with his former work includes pushing things for too many pages only to resolve it all in the last five. This format suits him better as the short five page solutions can now be used without feeling l...

from cnrivera

Of the two stories in this book, my favorite was Diamond Dogs. It was more than a little disturbing and borders on horror. The puzzle-based mystery portion was absolutely fascinating and may interest others who enjoy mathematics and problem solving. The ending highlights the results of human obse...

from jkdavies

Two novellas set in the Revelation space universe.  The first deals with a puzzling artefact, to which a specialised team of solvers are called.  In order to get through the puzzles, and the savage reprisals if the puzzles are answered incorrectly, the team add nanomachines and undergo extreme bo...

from Black_samvara

Wow. You know that bit where you finish reading and you think you're going to do something else now but instead you have to sit still and kinda absorb until it all settles? Really, really liked Diamond Dogs. Two novellas; Diamond Dogs is about a bunch of talented individuals challenging an alien ...