Arab and Muslim Science Fiction: Critical Essays edited by Hosam A. Ibrahim Elzembely and Emad El-Din Aysha

(McFarland, 2022)

Reviewed by Andy Sawyer

This baggy (43 essays, plus introductory and concluding material over nearly 400 pages) but important book is the brainchild of the Egyptian Society for Science Fiction (ESSF), an organisation established in 2012 with ambitions to reach out to and showcase the Arab/Muslim sf world. It has published a number of anthologies, but this seems to be the first major English-language publication attributed to the group. As such, it’s a work of amazing ambition and energy, some frustration, and great dedication.

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