“– You are on the Mauve Planet.”
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New Fiction in Translation: ‘Naked Robot’
“Yet none of us could object, as that was the way things were; these were the laws of our society, and we were completely satisfied with them. I didn’t know whether we had a choice in this satisfaction, but I didn’t like to tire my mind thinking about it.”
Read moreNovelist Ashraf Fagih on Dracula, Fibonacci, and the Connections Between Historical Fiction and Sci Fi
“A Portrait of the Void is a novel to be expected on Arabic prize lists next year. Meantime, Alfagih answers a few questions about what brought him to writing this novel, the surprises from his research, and who should play Fibonacci in the film.”
Read moreEgyptian Sci Fi Novelist Nabil Farouk Dies at 64
“His daughter, Reham Farouk, announced that he had died of a heart attack.”
Read more‘The Morning After the End of the World’
Tonight it’s the end of the world.
Read moreJeddah Bids to Host World Sci Fi Convention
Literary events honoring and hosted by Saudi Arabia attract perhaps the most objections from authors and publishers.
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An Excerpt of ‘Malaz: City of Resurrection’
SF, fantasy, and YA author-translator Ahmed Samah Al-Mahdi shares a chapter from his novel Malaz.
Read moreSci Fi Magazine /Apex/ to Dedicate November Issue to Arab, Muslim Writers
Apex itself mentions nothing about this on its submissions page, but editor Catherynne Valente has tweeted that the November issue of the popular sci fi magazine will be “an entirely Arab/Muslim issue.”
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