Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days — Alastair Reynolds

Alastair Reynolds returns to his bestselling Revelation Space universe with two novellas of interstellar exploration.

DIAMOND DOGS
The planet Golgotha--supposedly lifeless--resides in a remote star system, far from those inhabited by human colonists. It is home to an enigmatic machinelike structure called the Blood Spire, which has already brutally and systematically claimed the lives of one starship crew that attempted to uncover its secrets. But nothing will deter Richard Swift from exploring this object of alien origin...

TURQUOISE DAYS
In the seas of Turquoise live the Pattern Jugglers, the amorphous, aquatic organisms capable of preserving the memories of any human swimmer who joins their collective consciousness. Naqi Okpik devoted her life to studying these creatures--and paid a high price for swimming among them. Now she may be the only hope for the survival of the species--and of every person living on Turquoise...