{"id":4005,"date":"2010-07-06T14:45:46","date_gmt":"2010-07-06T22:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=4005"},"modified":"2010-07-06T14:45:46","modified_gmt":"2010-07-06T22:45:46","slug":"free-readin-the-dervish-house-by-ian-mcdonald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/news\/free-readin-the-dervish-house-by-ian-mcdonald\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Readin’ | ‘The Dervish House’ by Ian McDonald"},"content":{"rendered":"\"\"<\/a>\n
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In the sleepy Istanbul district of Eskik\u00f6y stands the former whirling dervish house of Adem Dede. Over the space of five days of an Istanbul heatwave, six lives weave a story of corporate wheeling and dealing, Islamic mysticism, political and economic intrigue, ancient Ottoman mysteries, a terrifying new terrorist threat, and a nanotechnology with the potential to transform every human on the planet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The works of Ian McDonald<\/a> have long been on my Pile o’ Shame<\/a>, among those books I know I should read<\/em> but have slipped off my radar for one reason or another. Like many of his other novels, The Dervish House<\/strong> is set in the near future, taking a glimpse of where our world might be directed. This time around, he turns his eyes to Istanbul, a culture and society that’s terribly misunderstood in the West, which makes it the perfect setting for a writer like McDonald.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Tor.com<\/a>, you can read a juicy excerpt from The Dervish House<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the sleepy Istanbul district of Eskik\u00f6y stands the former whirling dervish house of Adem Dede. Over the space of five days of an Istanbul heatwave, six lives weave a story of corporate wheeling and dealing, Islamic mysticism, political and economic intrigue, ancient Ottoman mysteries, a terrifying new terrorist threat, and a nanotechnology with the… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n