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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.
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Thank you!

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and while you're at it, here's the link to the @IndrapramitDas edited Deep Dream/Twelve Tomorrows anthology preorder www.barnesandnoble.com/w/deep-dream...

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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...

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Thanks so much!

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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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Congratulations!

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Yay! Salutations to Juno and you.

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

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

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Not that I know of, alas. Its not even out in India, where I live.

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On Kindle, it's part of Amazon's Gold Box selection

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

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

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We went through this a lot in India in the 2010s, most the supposed standardbearers of culture power turning to shit. Interesting to see it happening in the West now.

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

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Thrilled to see it! Congrats all

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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...

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

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I don't know, alas. Hoping there's e, audio, all the missing things but I have no news.

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