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* [[Schmuck Bait]]: Near the end, the narrator/protagonist speculates {{spoiler|that this might be the ultimate purpose of the tower. It lures in intelligent beings with it's tests, forcing them to adapt their minds and bodies to pass it's increasingly esoteric tests. When they finally get to the top, they're "harvested" by the tower, like some kind of alien Venus Fly Trap.}}
* [[Shout-Out]]: Many. There are two right near the beginning, in a sequence where the protagonist's party, about to enter the Blood Spire, are [[Dream Weaver|dream-fed similar scenarios in case they help]]:
{{quote|"I had the same dream," I said, wonderingly. "And there was another dream in which I was inside somekind of-" I halted, waiting for the words to assemble in my head. "Some kind of underground tomb. I remember being chased down a corridor by an [[Indy Escape|enormous stone ball]] which was going to roll over me."
Hirz nodded. "[[Indiana Jones|The dream with the hat, right?]]"
"My God, yes." I grinned like a madman. "I lost my hat, and I felt this ridiculous urge to rescue it!" }}
** And:
{{quote|Celestine broke the silence, turning to Hirz. "Did you have the one about the cubes, too?"
"Christ, yes," the infiltration specialist said, as if suddenly remembering. "The cubes. What about you, Richard?" "Indeed," I answered, flinching at the memory of that one. [[Cube|I had been one of a party of people trapped inside an endless series of cubic rooms, many of which contained lethal surprises.]] "I was cut into pieces by a trap, actually. Diced, if I remember accurately."
"Yeah. Not exactly on my top ten list of ways to die, either.'" }}
** Don't forget the [[Shout-Out]] implicit in the title, to [[David Bowie]]'s album ''Diamond Dogs'' (which was based loosely on [[George Orwell]]'s ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four|1984]]'').
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