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Turquoise Days
Alastair Reynolds · 2002novella
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On the ocean world Turquoise, Naqi Okonkwo studies the Pattern Jugglers, alien organisms that can absorb a swimmer's mind, ever since they took her sister. When a starship arrives claiming to carry scientists, Naqi grows suspicious of its real purpose, and what she uncovers about the visitors' plans for the Jugglers puts everyone on the planet, human and otherwise, at risk.
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- Revelation Space
- contained in Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Dayscollection
- contained in The Best of the Best Volume 2: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novelsanthology
- contained in The Revelation Space Collection: Volume 2collection
- contained in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twentieth Annual Collectionanthology