Well, that's something.

It seems that Midnight Never Come has been longlisted for the British Fantasy Award.

Mind you, it is a long list. I'm keeping company with no less than forty-two other novels. But it means at least one member of the British Fantasy Society and/or FantasyCon decided to recommend it, which is kind of neat.

rather late

I blame April Fool's Day. I had been debating whether I wanted to post the next tidbit from Ashes as scheduled on that day, given the traditions, and I ended up clean forgetting to post anything until today.

So, a little belated, have some more excerpt.

(Or start at the beginning.)

On the bright side, you'll get the next goodie quite soon.

four hundred people have friended this journal; maybe one of you will know

Is there anyone reading this LJ who has a good familiarity with Middle Eastern history and/or folklore? I don't mean the ancient past (I got that covered), but rather from the beginning of the Islamic period forward. I am pig-ignorant of that subject, and could use a brain to pick in finding suitable readings for a particular purpose.

If that happens to be an area and time you're familiar with, please e-mail me off-journal -- marie (dot) brennan (at) gmail (dot) com.


Edited to add: Putting the history part in more specific terms, I need good books to read on the later Ottoman Empire. My knowledge of it pretty much ends at the name, alas.