Magus Kitap, which aims to bring a visionary breath to Turkey’s rapidly developing speculative fiction and domestic science fiction literature, officially introduced the new novel titled The Game of All Worlds, written by author Gökcan Şahin, which will throw the readers into a reality questioning made of pixels. This ambitious work, which melts near-future dystopias, retro-futuristic elements and game culture in a single pot, not only tells a story, but also discusses the transformative power of technology on human consciousness.
The work stands out as a literary stop that should not be missed on literature shelves, especially for the new generation of readers who have a deep love for cyberpunk aesthetics and nostalgic game consoles. Search for a Lost Reality Under the New Istanbul Domes The adventure the novel takes us to begins in the year 2075, within the technologically isolated New Istanbul Domes, which are considered the pinnacle of futuristic architecture.
Our main character has an old game console from his childhood, whose outer casing has been worn down by time, but has not lost any of its fascinating charm and mystery. When the character inserts a dusty cassette he found in the dark corner of his house into this nostalgic device and turns on the system, the room is filled with nostalgia, curiosity and a wave of excitement that is hard to describe. By pressing the “START” button on the console, all physical reality in the room suddenly breaks; Within seconds, an artificial simulation environment consisting of green-black pixels reminiscent of old computer systems surrounds the environment.
The character realizes with horror that there is no longer a physical screen he can look at, but rather digital codes and the game itself. Meanwhile, a mysterious voice echoing from the darkness saying, “Hello, Ennoen. We missed you so much,” initiates an unprecedented life-and-death struggle that will fundamentally question all the universal truths known to humanity. This fiction, which completely blurs the boundaries between digital and physical existence, takes the reader on a relentless journey into the deep philosophical labyrinths of the Game of All Worlds universe.
Award-Winning Engineer and An Avid Console Collector: Who is Gökcan Şahin? The creative brain behind the novel, engineer and writer Gökcan Şahin, born in Sivas in 1988, is among the most productive names in the Turkish science fiction and fantasy fiction scene. Known for his in-depth stories in the fields of science fiction, crime, fantasy and thriller, the author has been deemed worthy of prestigious awards throughout his literary career, such as the 2014 GİO Achievement Award and the first place in the 2022 Turkish Informatics Association (TBD) Science Fiction Story Competition.
Şahin’s bibliography includes powerful works such as the dystopian near-future detective story “The Golden Age of Crime”, published in 2020, “Gods of Istanbul: Laplace’s Last Demon”, which laid the foundations of a domestic superhero universe in 2022, and the epic space opera “Apocalypse of Enceladus”, published in 2024. The fact that the author is also a professional engineer ensures that the technological infrastructure in his fiction is extremely consistent and grounded.
In addition, he is one of the few Nintendo Switch collectors in Turkey and is a game enthusiast who owns more than 200 physical cartridge games. Blending his writing identity with his personal hobbies, Şahin offers a unique literary feast to game lovers by combining his own gaming culture knowledge with his literary genius in his novel The Game of All Worlds, published by Magus Kitap. You can access the preview of The Game of All Worlds here.
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