Our friends over at Sindbad Sci-Fi are co-organizing an event around Frank Herbert’s Dune this weekend. If you are in London be sure to check it out. Here is the official info from their site: Spicing Up Sci-Fi: The Dunes Strike Back 2 pm | Saturday 28 April 2018 British Library,Continue Reading
A few years ago IO9 has an interesting article about sci-fi in the US with themes and stand-ins for Middle Eastern Cultures. Here is the text of the article. If science fiction is really about the present, then it’s no surprise that the longstanding tensions between the United States andContinue Reading
Yes, the foremost work in Science Fiction written by Frank Herbert was inspired by the Bedouin and other cultures of the Middle East. Hence the Freeman culture is similar to the Bedoin Arab culture. Even the main religion in Dune seems to be inspired from Islam. The religion has theContinue Reading