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 Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days - Alastair Reynolds
 Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days - Alastair Reynolds ... 'The most exciting space opera writer working today' (Locus) in two tales of high adventure ...Newest Review: ... 'Diamond Dogs' is actually a fairly conventional tale -- a mysterious artefact invites explorers in, tests them with ... more ... puzzles (in, as is often the case, the universal language of mathematics), and maims them when they slip up. Commendably, Reynolds isn't coy about using such an old device, and slips in a couple of pertinent references early on in the form of "training" for his characters, a nicely post-modern touch. Once it gets underway, though, the adventure proper feels like nothing so much as a computer game, with the penalties and difficulty increasing and the available time decreasing with each successive challe...more |
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Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days - Alastair Reynolds: Lazy Days? (539 words)
by - written on 07/12/03 (Very useful, 16 readings)
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What we have here are two very different tales indeed. 'Diamond Dogs' is first-person narrative, fast-moving, with short chapters and a claustrophobic setting; 'Turquoise Days' is third-person, leisurely and long-chaptered, albeit the shorter novella, and set against the wide open spaces of an entire planet. The upshot is that 'Dogs' feels like a much faster read than 'Days' by virtue of its pacy, punchy style, and sticks in the mind for longer. This isn't, however, to say that 'Days' is a poor tale, but it certainly pales by comparison. On paper, it must have seemed an excellent idea to pair up such different pieces, the ... Read the complete review
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