It might come as a surprise that one of the first sci-fi novels
written was not, in fact, Shelley’s Frankenstein or HG Wells’ The Time Machine, but the work of 13th Century Baghdad-based writer and physician, Zakariya al-Qazwini.
Awaj bin Anfaq is the story of a curious alien
who arrives on planet Earth
to observe human behaviour and finds himself perplexed by the oddities of this apparently sophisticated species.
Star Wars Ottoman miniature by Murat Palta.
written was not, in fact, Shelley’s Frankenstein or HG Wells’ The Time Machine, but the work of 13th Century Baghdad-based writer and physician, Zakariya al-Qazwini.Awaj bin Anfaq is the story of a curious alien
who arrives on planet Earth to observe human behaviour and finds himself perplexed by the oddities of this apparently sophisticated species.Star Wars Ottoman miniature by Murat Palta.
