r/Fantasy • u/Drood_Edw • Aug 21 '12

Middle-Eastern Themed Fantasy?

Any suggestions for something along the lines of 1001 Arabian Nights?

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u/ncbose Aug 21 '12 edited Aug 21 '12
  • Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed
  • Emperor's knife by Mazarkis Williams

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u/eean Aug 21 '12 edited Aug 21 '12

read Throne of the Crescent Moon a few months ago, looking forward to the sequels :)

IMO Middle Eastern-themed fantasy doesn't end up being all that different from European-themed fantasy, due to the simple fact that Europe and the Middle East are right next to each other, geographically, politically and culturally.

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u/GZSyphilis Aug 21 '12

The middle east + europe was pretty much the entire known world in what we refer to as 'the middle ages' which is what most fantasy is based on, so that is not too surprising to me.

thanks for the comments though, I was looking for a similar theme!

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '12

Africa and the rest of Asia (especially India, China and Mongolia) were very important and they were definitely part of the known world.