We are starting a new regular feature on Islam and Sci-Fi: Alternate History Tuesdays. Every other Wednesday we will be posting an alternate history scenario, piece of art, story etc. This is inaugural post. Please let us know what you think about this series so that we can evolve this feature overContinue Reading
For those interested in an academic look at the representation of Muslims in Comics here is a relevant article. Finding a Place for a Muslimah Heroine in the Post-9/11 Marvel Universe: New X-Men’s Dust Authors: Julie Davis & Robert Westerfelhaus Abstract: Soon after the attacks on the US on SeptemberContinue Reading
Here is Islam and Science Fiction’s interview with Razwan-ul-Haq who is a British Muslim artist and whom we had profiled last month. 1. What inspired you to become an artist? Razwan: That’s a question as I get asked a lot. When growing up I never really thought of myself asContinue Reading
Pamela Sargent The Venus Trilogy is sometimes compared to Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars Trilogy. Just like the Mars Trilogy the Venus Trilogy also spans many centuries and has the terraforming of that planet as the main theme of the book. In a manner similar to Robinson’s trilogy there are alsoContinue Reading
The Book of Madness is a collection of short stories by Levent Şenyürek. Most of the stories have a grand premise ranging from the Soviets making contact with the aliens at the 1908 Tugunska event to machines that can make everything including universes. The collection also includes a self-referential storyContinue Reading
Jim Lee (Image Source: The Daily News Egypt) The creator of the “X-Men” series and “All Star Batman and Robin,” Jim Lee was recently in Egypt celebrating his wedding anniversary with his wife. Lee also hinted that he might be working on the acclaimed Muslim comic “The 99” in theContinue Reading
Although the “Second Edition)” has nothing on Islam in Science Fiction per se but a search on “Islam Science Fiction” leads to an article on Arab Science Fiction. Here is the article: There are, of course, many fantastic motifs in medieval Arabic literature, as in the collection of stories ofContinue Reading
In Blemmey’s Stratagem one of the characters who is an assassin in this crusader era lovecroftian story is a Muslim. [Thanks Michael H. for the references]
The following description from the Publishers Weekly: In “alien contact” science fiction, the aliens come from far off, light-years away. But what if the aliens were closer to home? What if the next great life-form with which we must contend isn’t from the stars but from our hard drives? InContinue Reading