Ibn Al Nafis explored new ideas about the world in his 13th-century treatise Theologus Autodidactus, a work of proto-science fiction, one of the first Arabic novels and an early example of a science-fiction novel. Al Farabi’s 9th-century Opinions of the Residents of a Splendid City was ahead of its time in envisioning a Utopian society. And Al Qazwini’s 13th-century futuristic tale of Awaj bin Anfaq, about a man travelling to Earth from a distant planet, is an early speculative work.
Posted on: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 08:50:21 +0000
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