The Dervish House
by Ian McDonald
John W. Campbell Memorial Award 2011, British Science Fiction Association Award 2010. Hugo Award nominee 2011, Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee 2011, Locus Award nominee 2011.
The new SF epic from Ian McDonald does for Turkey what Brasyl did for Brazil.
In the CHAGA novels McDonald brought an Africa in the grip of a bizarre ailien invasion to life, in RIVER OF GODS he painted a rich portrait of India in 2047, in BRASYL he looked at different Brazils, past present and future. Ian McDonald has found reknown at the cutting edge of a movement to take SF away from its British and American white roots and out into the rich cultures of the world.
THE DERVISH HOUSE continues that journey and centres on Istanbul in 2025. Turkey is part of Europe but site on the edge, it is an Islamic country that looks to the West, it is a country that had greatness in the past and may have it again in the future.
THE DERVISH HOUSE is the story of the families that live in and around its titular house, it is at once a rich mosaic of Islamic life in the new century and telling novel of future possibilities.
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Ian McDonald
Ian McDonald (born 1960) is a British science fiction novelist, living in Belfast. His themes include nanotechnology, postcyberpunk settings, and the impact of rapid social and technological change on non-Western societies.
Photo: Ian McDonald at Worldcon 2005 in Glasgow, 2005. Picture taken by Szymon Sokół. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
