Samit Basu

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Novelist. Out now, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport (Tordotcom). I also make films, comics, and other typing-based lifeforms.
https://samitbasu.com/the-jinn-bot-of-shantiport/

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So, Barnes and Noble members, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport paperback is preorderable, PREORDER25 will save you 25%! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-jinn-b...

The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport|Paperbackwww.barnesandnoble.com A 2024 Locus Award Finalist!A "Best Of" pick in BookBub | Lit Hub | Book Riot | The Mary Sue“So much fun!”–Ann Leckie, New York Times bestselling authorFrom internatio...

Many thanks to @prashanthsrivatsa.bsky.social for letting me know I was in the (inaugural?) Hindu Literary Crossword! This is it, can retire now

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My book 'The Nightward' is now available for request on Edelweiss & Netgalley! Thanks to my incredible editor David Pomerico & the team at HarperVoyager for sending me these beautiful physical ARCs! #TheNightward opens Oct 15! www.edelweiss.plus?sku=00633457... www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

Shadiest set of excuses

Really disappointed in every writer who participated in this. www.nytimes.com/2024/06/13/s...

Now You Can Read the Classics With A.I.-Powered Expert Guideswww.nytimes.com Margaret Atwood and John Banville are among the authors who have sold their voices and commentary to an app that aims to bring canonical texts to life with the latest tech.

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Where Peace Is Lost is on sale today on Audible for $3.99! The narrator, Rebecca Mozo, does an amazing job. Get it! www.audible.com/pd/Where-Pea...

Where Peace Is Lostwww.audible.com Check out this great listen on Audible.com. A brand-new space fantasy novel from master world-builder Valerie Valdes! A refugee with a secret, a dangerous foe, and a road trip that could either save a...

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Out Oct 8; my 1st sf anthology (as editor), for @mitpress.bsky.social's Twelve Tomorrows series, DEEP DREAM: SCIENCE FICTION EXPLORING THE FUTURE OF ART. Wherein 10 writers imagine the future of art, across spacetime near and far. Pre-order here: mitpress.mit.edu/978026254908...

Featuring marvellous new stories by @samitbasu.bsky.social @vajra.me @aliettedb.bsky.social Ganzeer, Cassandra Khaw, @lavanya.bsky.social @sloanesloane.bsky.social @bruces.bsky.social @wtalabi.bsky.social @lavietidhar.bsky.social, and showcasing the living, organic artwork of Diana Scherer.

Yay!🐒

So far @samitbasu.bsky.social's The Jinn-bot of Shantiport has my favorite half-page of the year.

Love it!

The amazing Charlie Jane Anders has been most generous to THE TEN PERCENT THIEF, including it in some fine company in her latest newsletter, which examines the myth of meritocracy. Thank you for your super kind words, @charliejane.bsky.social!

BEST. Thank you very much!

After like 2 decades I’m still using characters from Simoqin to name my computer things. e.g. matiswiki.aneeshsathe.com

matiswiki.aneeshsathe.com

So happy to see that Jinn-Bot is a finalist in the Locus awards in SF! Thanks so much, everyone who voted for it. locusmag.com/2024/05/2024...

2024 Locus Awards Top Ten Finalistslocusmag.com The Locus Science Fiction Foundation has announced the top ten finalists in each category of the 2024 Locus Awards. These results are from the February 1 to April 15 voting, done by readers on an o…

Most happy to see Simoqin on this list! www.msn.com/en-ca/news/u...

MSNwww.msn.com

Back in Schrodinger's Bollywood working or not on five or zero projects

Jinn-Bot's in here! www.goodreads.com/blog/show/27...

Hot & New: 81 Very Recent Hit Books (Across Genres) - Goodreads News & Interviewswww.goodreads.com Some books take a while to catch on, percolating quietly in the collective cultural consciousness. But some books are restless—they take off like tho...

Once again I find myself wandering into the glittering maw of the film industry.

The Young Indian Method isnt a new thing in the creative industries at all. Or any other www.404media.co/young-indian...

‘Young Indian Method’ Teaches TikTok Spammers How to Hire and Control 'Third World Country Workers'www.404media.co “Do not be scared to get rid of any indians slacking, wasting time, or offering poor quality within the team. Remember, these guys are easily replaceable. They are exactly like soldiers,” it says.

Round of applause for @samtasticbooks.bsky.social and @aptshadow.bsky.social

Thanks @architamittra.bsky.social ! locusmag.com/2024/02/the-...

The Year in Review 2023 by Archita Mittralocusmag.com Once upon a time, bad things happened and eventually, things got better. While this might be true for certain stories, real life, plagued by ongoing pandemics and genocides, rarely offers such nea…

Ebook readers! THE JINN-BOT OF SHANTIPORT will be receiving an eBook downprice promotion today. Effective across all retailers, at $2.99.

I feel like most of SFF will not be joining me for dinner tonight

So many big media brands and big awards have lost all credibility, I wonder if people growing up now attach any value to them.

Happy @older.bsky.social and @kellylink.bsky.social newbook day!

Bador on a list of Lovable Menaces on the Tor/Forge blog, now plotting to overthrow the others www.torforgeblog.com/2024/02/11/a...

A List of Lovable Menaceswww.torforgeblog.com Literature is full of characters we love, and often the very ones we love are indeed the ones who drive us crazy.

Thrilled to see it! Congrats all

The science-fiction category: - @lavanya.bsky.social, The Ten Percent Thief - @naomialderman.bsky.social, The Future - C Pam Zhang, The Land of Milk and Honey - Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, CHAIN GANG ALL STARS - @laurenbeukes.bsky.social The Bridge - @samitbasu.bsky.social, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

Bador Bador Bador Bador

Thank you!

Lots of great stuff on the @locusmag.bsky.social recommended reading list. Congrats @samitbasu.bsky.social @kateelliottsff.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social @valerievaldes.bsky.social @soundingline.bsky.social @tkingfisher.bsky.social @indrapramitdas.bsky.social @older.bsky.social and More!

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Nerds of a Feather 2024 Hugo Award Recommendation List: Part 1 Welcome to the Nerds of a Feather 2024 Hugo Award Recommendation List. It's a bit uncomfortable, this year, given events in Chengdu but here are our major fiction recommendations. www.nerds-feather.com/2024/01/nerd...

Nerds of a Feather 2024 Hugo Award Recommendation List: Part 1www.nerds-feather.com Welcome to the Nerds of a Feather 2024 Hugo Award Recommendation List. As in previous years, this is a 4-part list covering things our write...

Jinn-Bot reviewed in Salon Futura: www.salonfutura.net/2023/11/the-...

Jinn-Bot reviewed in the Wall Street Journal: www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

Happy new year everyone, in however many hours it arrives for you.