Syria - A True History - Lucian of Samosata

11th September 2025

How I found the book:
I was actually looking for Greek science fiction authors and came across this, it was originally written in Greek, and seems to be considered as 'Greek' but Lucian was born in what is modern day Syria, so for my project it's the map and boundaries that that exist when I'm creating the post.

Lebanon - The Book of Elsewhere - Keanu Reeves

I remembered I purchased the china melville and Keanu Reeves book. And Keanu was born in Lebanon. As if I couldn't that wooden acting, all round nice guy and cult hero any more, he then goes and writes a book that I can tick off my list. You sir deserve a knighthood! 

Iran - research

13th Aug 2025, after finding an article on African science fiction, it turned out one of the authors was born in Persia (modern day Iran) and she wrote a series of 5 science fiction books.

So I'm looking into the works of Doris Lessing

14th Aug 

Whilst on holiday manage to find a copy of Shacasta from an online french bookshop for €6 so order to the holiday home