Comments on: Ian McDonald's DERVISH HOUSE, superb novel of the mystical nano future of Istanbul http://boingboing.net/2010/07/12/ian-mcdonalds-dervis.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 23:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/12/ian-mcdonalds-dervis.html#comment-832529 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-832529 Stephan Martiniere did the cover. Stephan Martiniere did the cover.

]]> By: Keith http://boingboing.net/2010/07/12/ian-mcdonalds-dervis.html#comment-832031 Keith Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-832031 I recently read Desolation Road (and have Ares Express queued up on my nightstand). Beautiful work, like The Martian Chronicles spliced together with A Hundred years of Solitude. This needs to go on my reading list as well. I recently read Desolation Road (and have Ares Express queued up on my nightstand). Beautiful work, like The Martian Chronicles spliced together with A Hundred years of Solitude. This needs to go on my reading list as well.

]]> By: Chuk http://boingboing.net/2010/07/12/ian-mcdonalds-dervis.html#comment-832340 Chuk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-832340 When is this coming out? Loved <i>Brasyl</i> and that big India-set novel he did a few years ago. When is this coming out? Loved Brasyl and that big India-set novel he did a few years ago.

]]> By: dhalgren http://boingboing.net/2010/07/12/ian-mcdonalds-dervis.html#comment-832347 dhalgren Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-832347 I've been a fan since DESOLATION ROAD and I'd put the duology of CHAGA & KIRINYA right up there next to HYPERION & FALL OF HYPERION by Dan Simmons [Chaga here in the States was released as Evolution's Shore. Was Kirinya ever released here in the States?]. So I've been along for the ride, so to speak, since the beginning. As soon as my deposit posted at my bank I ran out last Tuesday and bought THE DERVISH HOUSE and I also bought KRAKEN by China Miéville. Can't wait to read both these books. I’ve been a fan since DESOLATION ROAD and I’d put the duology of CHAGA & KIRINYA right up there next to HYPERION & FALL OF HYPERION by Dan Simmons [Chaga here in the States was released as Evolution's Shore. Was Kirinya ever released here in the States?]. So I’ve been along for the ride, so to speak, since the beginning.

As soon as my deposit posted at my bank I ran out last Tuesday and bought THE DERVISH HOUSE and I also bought KRAKEN by China Miéville.

Can’t wait to read both these books.

]]> By: LesH http://boingboing.net/2010/07/12/ian-mcdonalds-dervis.html#comment-845167 LesH Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-845167 Great review Cory! I just finished Dervish House and it's an amazing book. Ian is here teaching at Clarion West this week, brilliantly I might add, and will be reading tonight at the University Book Store in Seattle at 7PM. Cheers; Les Tuesday • July 27 • 7pm Clarion West presents: Ian McDonald The Dervish House (PYR) Reading & Book Signing U District store Ian McDonald uses fiction with a cyberpunk edge to look at the contradictions of colonialism. In The Dervish House, he explores the way EU membership might affect the ancient culture of Turkey. In a carbon conscious 2027, Turkey is a flashpoint for global intrigue and pandemic terrorism. Great review Cory! I just finished Dervish House and it’s an amazing book. Ian is here teaching at Clarion West this week, brilliantly I might add, and will be reading tonight at the University Book Store in Seattle at 7PM. Cheers; Les

Tuesday • July 27 • 7pm
Clarion West presents: Ian McDonald
The Dervish House (PYR)
Reading & Book Signing
U District store

Ian McDonald uses fiction with a cyberpunk edge to look at the contradictions of colonialism. In The Dervish House, he explores the way EU membership might affect the ancient culture of Turkey. In a carbon conscious 2027, Turkey is a flashpoint for global intrigue and pandemic terrorism.

]]> By: abulafia http://boingboing.net/2010/07/12/ian-mcdonalds-dervis.html#comment-837251 abulafia Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-837251 Heartily recommended. Brasyl and River of Gods blew my mind and drew me towards writing from other cultures. Agree with the above comment about Desolation Road, wonderful piece of writing. Chuk, this should be out everywhere by now. LoG Heartily recommended. Brasyl and River of Gods blew my mind and drew me towards writing from other cultures. Agree with the above comment about Desolation Road, wonderful piece of writing.

Chuk, this should be out everywhere by now.

LoG

]]> By: pjcamp http://boingboing.net/2010/07/12/ian-mcdonalds-dervis.html#comment-832646 pjcamp Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-832646 I've been reading him since Damnation Alley and Out on Blue Six were brand new. Heartily seconded. Ian MacDonald is always time well spent. I’ve been reading him since Damnation Alley and Out on Blue Six were brand new.

Heartily seconded.

Ian MacDonald is always time well spent.

]]> By: Derek C. F. Pegritz http://boingboing.net/2010/07/12/ian-mcdonalds-dervis.html#comment-833418 Derek C. F. Pegritz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-833418 I can't even begin to describe how awesome Ian McDonald is. I've been a fan since I first read Desolation Road in highschool, when it first came out. I would LOVE to see Out on Blue Six reissued. Love? Hell, I'd KILL to see it reissued. I can’t even begin to describe how awesome Ian McDonald is. I’ve been a fan since I first read Desolation Road in highschool, when it first came out. I would LOVE to see Out on Blue Six reissued. Love? Hell, I’d KILL to see it reissued.

]]> By: Flying_Monkey http://boingboing.net/2010/07/12/ian-mcdonalds-dervis.html#comment-839578 Flying_Monkey Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-839578 @dhalgren No AFAIK, 'Kirinya' was never released in the USA. There is also another spin-off of this sequence, the rather excellent novella, 'Tendeleo's Story' which came from small press, PS, in the UK, and then was bundled with three other novellas (by Peter Hamilton, Paul McAuley and Stephen Baxter) in the collections 'Futures'. Worth getting, if you haven't already. @dhalgren

No AFAIK, ‘Kirinya’ was never released in the USA. There is also another spin-off of this sequence, the rather excellent novella, ‘Tendeleo’s Story’ which came from small press, PS, in the UK, and then was bundled with three other novellas (by Peter Hamilton, Paul McAuley and Stephen Baxter) in the collections ‘Futures’. Worth getting, if you haven’t already.

]]> By: ptor http://boingboing.net/2010/07/12/ian-mcdonalds-dervis.html#comment-832412 ptor Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-832412 I lived in Istanbul a few years ago and I'm really curious to see how such a complicated, gorgeous city is extrapolated in an sf novel. Great recommendation! I lived in Istanbul a few years ago and I’m really curious to see how such a complicated, gorgeous city is extrapolated in an sf novel. Great recommendation!

]]> By: JonStewartMill http://boingboing.net/2010/07/12/ian-mcdonalds-dervis.html#comment-831907 JonStewartMill Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-831907 I visited Istanbul recently and was charmed by the city and its people. I will definitely check out this book. I visited Istanbul recently and was charmed by the city and its people. I will definitely check out this book.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/12/ian-mcdonalds-dervis.html#comment-831911 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-831911 I agree totally with Cory's analysis. This is a fantastic book and one that should be a contender for Nebula and Hugo awards next year. I agree totally with Cory’s analysis. This is a fantastic book and one that should be a contender for Nebula and Hugo awards next year.

]]> By: Flying_Monkey http://boingboing.net/2010/07/12/ian-mcdonalds-dervis.html#comment-831916 Flying_Monkey Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-831916 A new Ian McDonald? Happy, happy, joy, joy...! A new Ian McDonald? Happy, happy, joy, joy…!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/12/ian-mcdonalds-dervis.html#comment-1128374 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1128374 Available in Kindle Store for $1.99 as part of "Sunshine Deals" through June 15 2011 Available in Kindle Store for $1.99 as part of “Sunshine Deals” through June 15 2011

]]> By: jfrancis http://boingboing.net/2010/07/12/ian-mcdonalds-dervis.html#comment-831954 jfrancis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-831954 Who did that cover painting? Looks like Craig Mullins Who did that cover painting? Looks like Craig Mullins

]]> By: Patrick Dodds http://boingboing.net/2010/07/12/ian-mcdonalds-dervis.html#comment-832210 Patrick Dodds Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-832210 Wow, sounds marvellous - might even blast me out of my no-reading, internet-addicted sub-sub self of the last few years. Reading makes life deeper. Better. Cooler. Wow, sounds marvellous – might even blast me out of my no-reading, internet-addicted sub-sub self of the last few years.
Reading makes life deeper. Better. Cooler.

]]> By: Rob Beschizza http://boingboing.net/2010/07/12/ian-mcdonalds-dervis.html#comment-832467 Rob Beschizza Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-832467 Sounds effing awesome. I've been meaning to catch up with his last one, and now this! Sounds effing awesome. I’ve been meaning to catch up with his last one, and now this!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/12/ian-mcdonalds-dervis.html#comment-831985 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-831985 <blockquote>This grisly episode sets off a chain of events that intertwines the lives of several characteristically odd and engaging Ian McDonald: a Greek experimental economist</blockquote> Lacks characters. (badda-bing!)

This grisly episode sets off a chain of events that intertwines the lives of several characteristically odd and engaging Ian McDonald: a Greek experimental economist

Lacks characters.

(badda-bing!)

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