Hassan Adventures
2008-09-17
Hassan Adventures is a series of short stories set in the future. The protagonist is a Muslim named Hassan who is from the city of Kufa on the planet Lam. An imperial Earth is the main antagonist.
Ahmed A. Khan
2008-09-17
Ahmed A. Khan is a Canadian science fiction writer who has published numerous stories in the science fiction genre. He has also edited two anthologies: “Fall and Rise“, a post-apocalyptic Science Fiction anthology and also “Science Fiction Waxes Philosophical”, a collection of Science Fiction stories with philosophical underpinnings. He alsoContinue Reading
Jamshed Akhtar’s Ultimate Revelations
2008-09-17
The story begins when it is revealed that the Earth might be facing another ice age, owing to temporary change in energy output of the sun. The main character is Hamzah, a young scientist who has visions of monumental events in history and pre-history. He stumbles of the research ofContinue Reading
G. Willow Wilson’s Cairo
2008-09-17
G. Willow Wilson is an American author and essayist who is also a Muslim. Her graphic novel “Cairo” has some fantasy elements. She also did an issue of DC comics’ Five of a kind.
L. Neil Smith’s The Crystal Empire
2008-09-15
The story is set in an alternative world where the Black Death plague killed almost all of the inhabitants of Western Europe, instead of one-third in 0TL. The story is set in 2042 where the world is dominated by Muslims. The Chinese and the Aztecs are featured as well. CoincidentlyContinue Reading
Kim Stanley Robinson’s Years of Rice and Salt
2008-09-15
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
Donald Moffitt’s A Gathering of Stars
2008-09-15
Here is a synopsis from Fictionwise. The ambitious Sultan of Alpha Centauri can only claim the illustrious title of Caliph if he makes a ritual pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca. This journey completed, he will rule the entire population of the greater Islamic universe. But human knowledge hasContinue Reading
Donald Moffitt’s Crescent in the Sky
2008-09-15
The history of Islam in the 20th century in this story is different from OTL. Here is a description from Fictionwise. For a thousand years the Great Awakening has spread the teachings of Islam to all of the far corners of the known universe. Without a Caliph at its head,Continue Reading
Jon Courtenay Grimwood’s Pashazade
2008-09-15
The story is set in the 21st century in an alternative Ottoman Empire. The Germans won WW I and hence there was never a need to dismantle the Ottoman Empire, which has survived for more than a century. The story is set in the city of El-Iskandria (Alexandria) in anContinue Reading
Jon Courtenay Grimwood’s Effendi
2008-09-15
Effendi: The Second Arabesk is the sequel to Pasahazade. Ashraf Bey is still wanted by the American government, he may possibly be the son of the Emir of Tunis. Alexandrai begins to fall apart and his ex-finance’s father is accused of mass-murder. The United States, France and Germany still tryContinue Reading