The experiment of re-reading Roger Zelazny’s A Night in the Lonesome October and writing about it on my Patreon was fun and successful, so I decided to do another experiment.
Ever since I started blogging, I had this idea of doing a deep dive into the Arabian Nights, reading the stories in the book and then exploring history, folklore, narrative technique end the connections with film, TV, fantasy fiction, comics, music and what else.
And let’s admit it – it would be a monumental achievement.

But why not start small?

The Dover Thrift Editions book Favorite Tales from the Arabian Nights Entertainments does exactly what if says on the tin: it collects a brief selection of Arabian Nights tales, including the tales of Sinbad, Aladdin and Ali Baba. It is a fair starting point.
And it uses the translations of Sir Richard Burton, that are in the public domain – so I can link the stories to my Patrons, and do not have to ask my already paying readers to pay again for the book.
Nice and smooth.

So, today we begin – and if you’re interested, you can join for as little as one buck for this month.
And who knows, maybe stay a little longer for the other contents too. I’ll strive to make you stay, actually.

We even have some music…