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Urdu Science Fiction

By admin • Sep 17th, 2008 • Category: Islam in SF Literature, Urdu SF

Jim Walker has an excellent article on Urdu Science Fiction at the Science Fiction foundation which mentions the following Science Fiction novels in Urdu.

Ishtiaq Ahmed’s Machini Makhlooq  (Mechanical Creatures) 1986
Agha Ashraf’s Ba’ghi Computer (The Rebel Computer) 1988.
A Hameed has also written a number of Science Fiction Novels.



Shani - A Pakistani Movie

By admin • Sep 17th, 2008 • Category: Movies, SF by Muslims, Urdu SF

In the late 1980s or early 1990s there was a Pakistani movie “Shani” which features an alien being who lands in a Pakistani village. His planet is naturally being destroyed and his people are looking for a refuge. In the end of the movie the alien reveals that he and other members of his species [...]