Congratulations to the 2014 Nebula Awards winners. The Nebula awards are given every year by the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) and are considered to be the most prestigious awards in Science Fiction along with the Hugo Awards. Here is the list of awards and nominees for thisContinue Reading
Image Source: Vice Magazine The Vice has an article on the problems with Gulf Futurism by Nathalie Olah. While this is technically not science fiction but the idea of Gulf Futurism has many of the trappings of Science Fiction so we wanted to cover it here. The aesthetics and the kind ofContinue Reading
If you in Detroit Michigan or are planning to visit in July and even if neither of these are the case you should consider visiting Detroit because DetCon1, which will be the North American Science Fiction Convention, is coming to town from July 17 to July 20. Our guests of honor areContinue Reading
Image Source: DeviantArt The Islam and Science Fiction website started in 2005 when I was still an undergrad student, the website and turned into a larger project which resulted into an anthology A Mosque Among the Stars, numerous conference appearances, conventions including NYCC (New York Comic Con). This is something thatContinue Reading
The story is set in a post singularity future. Sadeq is a Muslim character and is a prominent secondary character, an imam on a small ship in orbit around Jupiter and asked to adjudicate a very complicated dispute according to Islamic law and is later tempted in a virtual realityContinue Reading
The story begins when Jack Hamilton and seven other people are caught in an accident at Belmont Bevatron. When he regains consciousness he finds himself in a fantastical world ruled by Muslim extremists where holy water works, instant plagues are sent by God, prayers are answered instantly. Most bizarre isContinue Reading
In A Study of History Toynbee ponders upon a few alternative history scenarios that are relatrd to Islam in one way or another. The Forfeited Birthright of the Abortive Far Eastern Christian Civilization: In this scenario the Ummayids do not reinvade Central Asia after their defeat at Kish-Samarkand pass inContinue Reading
This is one of the best novels on alternative history involving Islam. In this alternative history the bubonic plague kills 99% of the population in Europe, leaving the Islamic world and China as contest over the control of the world with India caught in the Middle. The main characters areContinue Reading
A Novel of Slavery and Freedom in an Alternate America [From the Publisher] “The year is 1294 – to Christians, 1877. Egypt’s Pharaoh threatens war against Ethiopia’s Empress and plans to embroil the New World in his cause. While the Northern colonists are subjects of the Pharaoh, Southern revolutionaries areContinue Reading