Samit Basu
@samitbasu.bsky.social
Novelist. Out last, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport (Tor, 23). I also make films, comics, and other typing-based lifeforms. Currently the lead instructor for the inaugural Clarion West novel-writing workshop.
https://samitbasu.com
https://samitbasu.com
My story "DISRUPTION" is featured in WE WILL RISE AGAIN: Speculative Stories and Essays on Protest, Resistance and Hope, edited by @older.bsky.social @drkarenlord.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social, out from @sagapressbooks.bsky.social on December 2nd. Thanks to Sareena Kamath at Saga! preorder!
September 12, 2025 at 12:14 PM
My story "DISRUPTION" is featured in WE WILL RISE AGAIN: Speculative Stories and Essays on Protest, Resistance and Hope, edited by @older.bsky.social @drkarenlord.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social, out from @sagapressbooks.bsky.social on December 2nd. Thanks to Sareena Kamath at Saga! preorder!
Delhi book event for Sanghamitra Chakraborty's magnificent Soumitra Chatterjee biography! Tickets here: rzp.io/rzp/soumitra...
March 30, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Delhi book event for Sanghamitra Chakraborty's magnificent Soumitra Chatterjee biography! Tickets here: rzp.io/rzp/soumitra...
Surfacing just to post these three anthology covers together and feel really lucky.
March 18, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Surfacing just to post these three anthology covers together and feel really lucky.
Sanghamitra Chakraborty's biography of Soumitra Chatterjee, Soumitra Chatterjee and his World, is an absolutely marvelous glimpse into the many lives of a screen legend and the spaces, cultural, geographic and political, that shaped him. Highly recommend, available for preorder. Here's a trailer.
January 22, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Sanghamitra Chakraborty's biography of Soumitra Chatterjee, Soumitra Chatterjee and his World, is an absolutely marvelous glimpse into the many lives of a screen legend and the spaces, cultural, geographic and political, that shaped him. Highly recommend, available for preorder. Here's a trailer.
In Delhi in a couple of days
November 25, 2024 at 3:15 PM
In Delhi in a couple of days
And speaking of paperbacks, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport paperbacks have arrived and will be available in December!
November 21, 2024 at 7:46 AM
And speaking of paperbacks, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport paperbacks have arrived and will be available in December!
Chosen Spirits paperbacks out soon from Simon and Schuster India!
November 21, 2024 at 7:03 AM
Chosen Spirits paperbacks out soon from Simon and Schuster India!
Excellent raid-the-ousted-dictator's-mansion footage coming from Dhaka.
August 5, 2024 at 11:16 AM
Excellent raid-the-ousted-dictator's-mansion footage coming from Dhaka.
Found this! From my first Kolkata book event 20 years ago.
August 1, 2024 at 11:01 AM
Found this! From my first Kolkata book event 20 years ago.
Many thanks to @prashanthsrivatsa.bsky.social for letting me know I was in the (inaugural?) Hindu Literary Crossword! This is it, can retire now
June 29, 2024 at 3:16 PM
Many thanks to @prashanthsrivatsa.bsky.social for letting me know I was in the (inaugural?) Hindu Literary Crossword! This is it, can retire now
On Kindle, it's part of Amazon's Gold Box selection
February 18, 2024 at 3:38 PM
On Kindle, it's part of Amazon's Gold Box selection
I feel like most of SFF will not be joining me for dinner tonight
February 15, 2024 at 2:06 PM
I feel like most of SFF will not be joining me for dinner tonight
If you write a book with a jinn in it you have to look at the top 3 under Most Wished For in all the category tabs
October 6, 2023 at 5:37 AM
If you write a book with a jinn in it you have to look at the top 3 under Most Wished For in all the category tabs
The Jinn-Bot is released! I had much fun with this one, and I really hope you will too.
samitbasu.com/the-jinn-bot...
samitbasu.com/the-jinn-bot...
October 3, 2023 at 1:01 PM
The Jinn-Bot is released! I had much fun with this one, and I really hope you will too.
samitbasu.com/the-jinn-bot...
samitbasu.com/the-jinn-bot...
Two weeks to go for Jinn-Bot! Tingmo celebrity endorsement secured
September 18, 2023 at 1:34 PM
Two weeks to go for Jinn-Bot! Tingmo celebrity endorsement secured
The hardcover is here and it looks so amazing! Many thanks to the @tordotcompub.bsky.social team who persevered through the labyrinthine process of sending anything to India
September 11, 2023 at 8:43 AM
The hardcover is here and it looks so amazing! Many thanks to the @tordotcompub.bsky.social team who persevered through the labyrinthine process of sending anything to India
. @tordotcompub.bsky.social just gave me my favourite publisher post of the last 20 years
August 29, 2023 at 5:22 PM
. @tordotcompub.bsky.social just gave me my favourite publisher post of the last 20 years
Jinn-Bot is out in a few weeks! And so you can imagine my delight when I saw this segment from Ann Leckie's interview in the July Locus.
I'm a huge admirer: Ancillary Justice is the book that brought me back to scifi as an adult, and I love all the others! So glad you enjoyed it @annleckie.com !
I'm a huge admirer: Ancillary Justice is the book that brought me back to scifi as an adult, and I love all the others! So glad you enjoyed it @annleckie.com !
August 23, 2023 at 4:52 AM
Jinn-Bot is out in a few weeks! And so you can imagine my delight when I saw this segment from Ann Leckie's interview in the July Locus.
I'm a huge admirer: Ancillary Justice is the book that brought me back to scifi as an adult, and I love all the others! So glad you enjoyed it @annleckie.com !
I'm a huge admirer: Ancillary Justice is the book that brought me back to scifi as an adult, and I love all the others! So glad you enjoyed it @annleckie.com !
Career contemplation in Animal Crossing
July 8, 2023 at 4:09 AM
Career contemplation in Animal Crossing
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"Ridiculously entertaining." - @KateElliottSFF on The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport
"Ridiculously entertaining." - @KateElliottSFF on The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport
July 3, 2023 at 3:20 PM
🐵🤖🤯♥️
"Ridiculously entertaining." - @KateElliottSFF on The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport
"Ridiculously entertaining." - @KateElliottSFF on The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport