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Dogs of War Kindle Edition

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A NEW SCIENTIST BOOK OF THE YEAR.

My name is Rex. I am a good dog.

Rex is also seven foot tall at the shoulder, bulletproof, bristling with heavy calibre weaponry and his voice resonates with subsonics especially designed to instil fear. With Dragon, Honey and Bees, he's part of a Multiform Assault Pack operating in the lawless anarchy of Campeche, Mexico. A genetically engineered Bioform, he's a deadly weapon in a dirty war. All he wants to be is a Good Dog. And to do that he must do exactly what Master says and Master says he's got to kill a lot of enemies.

But who, exactly, are the enemies? What happens when Master is tried as a war criminal? What rights does the Geneva Convention grant weapons? Do Rex and his fellow Bioforms even have a right to exist?

And what happens when Rex slips his leash?

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Format: Kindle Edition
File Size: 4144 KB
Print Length: 262 pages
Publisher: Head of Zeus (2 Nov. 2017)
Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Language: English
ASIN: B06XXJ4P9H
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Average Customer Review: 206 customer reviews
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,573 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
- #10 in Space Marine Science Fiction eBooks
- #20 in Genetic Engineering Science Fiction eBooks
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the dilettante

Unsentimental yet moving - another great Adrian Tchaikovsky book

5 January 2018

Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase

There are many reviews here already expounding on the weighty themes so carefully explored in this book. Those reviews have also covered adequately the thrilling action sequences, where there is all the military gore and chaos you could wish for. The character-building is also rightly praised. The reason I have added to these reviews is to point out that the the author never falls into the trap of sentimentality. In a novel written largely in first-person, tone is all-important. Especially as the main narrator is a dog, who, while a gun-toting killing machine, is also largely an innocent who has been Done Wrong. In the wrong hands this could have been mawkish. But Tchaikovsky avoids all those bear-traps and delivers a thoughtful piece on the possibilities inherent in AI and humanity's careless use and manipulation of natural resources. Which is also a ripping yarn. How does he keep producing such a high volume of high-quality work?

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Imyril

Not really my cup of tea

23 June 2018

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This is a quick read if not always an easy one - and one which rewards reflection no matter how fast you breeze through it. However, I can’t say I enjoyed it for the most part. With the exception of the astonishing third act (oh, I could have read a whole book along these lines; it was an unexpected, brilliant twist on proceedings), this is very military in focus, which just isn't my thing. Rex’s existence is defined by his usefulness in war; while the broader implications of emerging AI and sentient rights are intriguing, and the world-building as credible as it is disturbing, the primary narrative is one of violence.

I also found the structure a little disjointed, with the leaps forward often happening just as I finally settled into the ‘current’ time period and became engaged by its context and characters. While Rex’s narration is often touching, it’s highly repetitive – as a reader, I put things together far faster than he could, but had to labour along with him until he reached the inevitable conclusion (and it did feel like hard labour at times). These aspects blunted my engagement; I zoomed through this because I had a long train journey with limited options, but I appreciated it rather than loved it.

...that said, I think it would make a brilliant bit of cinema, which I’d probably enjoy considerably more.

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M. Hepworth

A short & incisive novel

12 November 2017

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Rex is a Good Dog.

We’ve uplifted and/or engineered dogs – and other animals – into man-sized killing machines and deployed them into dirty wars and clandestine conflicts. Rex is a simple soul, doing what Master tells him, but he’s learning that the world is more complicated than Master is allowing him to know…

This begins as MilSF but quickly starts looking at the ethics of using these Bioforms for combat, and how we react when made tools become something more...and then switches again to see how the bioforms handle these transitions. A lot of chapters are from Rex’s POV, and while his simplicity of thought sometimes seems a little cliched and wearing, there’s a power behind his sections that draw you in. As a whole it handles some interesting themes, some of which are a bit too spoilery to mention, and matches them to an exciting story that sits somewhere between MillSF and thriller. I’d compare it to The Red trilogy, which is a good compliment IMO.

I’ve seen this described as a novella but I make it as being over 80k words, so I’d recommend it as a short & incisive novel.

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M. Knott

Terrific fun and popping with ideas

28 March 2018

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This was a terrific book. On one level it's an easy-to-read thriller with some really engaging characters (Rex just wants to be a good dog). But on another it asks plenty of 'big questions', which is where sci-fi really scores for me.

Rex and his companions are engineered bioforms that are built to work alongside or even replace human soldiers. But are they merely weapons or do they deserve status as intelligent, not-quite-humans? And if all Rex wants to be is a good dog but his master is a war criminal, who is responsible for the atrocities committed?

I think the author has a background in psychology and zoology, so he really has fun here exploring the different way that some of the different characters think (he's got form on this in his previous book Children of Time, but Dogs of War is an easier read). There are also other ideas popping out all over the place, such as the wonderful character of Bees, which is a distributed intelligence in a swarm of bees. Then there's what happens when we reach The Singularity, which is the point at which artificial intelligence surpasses that of its human creators - that's something we'll all have to think about in a few years.

There's a lot more, but I don't want to spoil anything.

If you just want a fun read, I think this is good fun. If you want interesting ideas, it's packed with them. I'd recommend this even to people who aren't sure they like sci-fi because it's such a good example of what sci-fi does best.

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Grim_Tidings

You don't need the blurb, it's excellent

6 July 2019

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You don't need the blurb from me here, just this... This is an excellent book!

I didn't find this hard to read, but the way each chapter is setup jumps you around at times, which actually gives you an indication that there's a distinct meta-plot that will be revealed as time passes.

I enjoyed the fact that the book isn't just about bioengineering but talks about the ethics of us creating said lifeforms and how they grow as the story progresses.

The character development, in particular with Rex (the main character), is great and I enjoyed reading his, and others, evolution.

I wouldn't say this was a short book but it is definitely an enjoyable one and I want to read more like this!

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