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
Thanks and apologies!
I am spoiled for good reads by @older.bsky.social and @samitbasu.bsky.social thanks to the NYPL!
Although, Samit, I will admit that the start here is hitting extra hard, especially with the news from Sudan the last couple days.
Although, Samit, I will admit that the start here is hitting extra hard, especially with the news from Sudan the last couple days.
November 6, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Thanks and apologies!
Congratulations @vajra.me !!
We are DELIGHTED that @vajra.me's RAKESFALL is the winner of the 2025 @ursulakleguin.com Prize for Fiction!
Huge congratulations Vajra and to all of the other finalists!
See Vajra's acceptance speech here: https://geni.us/ursulak25
Buy the book: https://geni.us/rakesfall
Huge congratulations Vajra and to all of the other finalists!
See Vajra's acceptance speech here: https://geni.us/ursulak25
Buy the book: https://geni.us/rakesfall
October 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Congratulations @vajra.me !!
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Hey #DVparty! Here’s the moodboard for my #SpaceOpera WE SANG DOWN THE EMPIRE.
Washed-up alien musician Nesamma Abbas joins a rebel rock band to take down the Human Empire with a martial art of sound. She must confront her pain, master her powers and choose between revolution or redemption.
Washed-up alien musician Nesamma Abbas joins a rebel rock band to take down the Human Empire with a martial art of sound. She must confront her pain, master her powers and choose between revolution or redemption.
October 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Hey #DVparty! Here’s the moodboard for my #SpaceOpera WE SANG DOWN THE EMPIRE.
Washed-up alien musician Nesamma Abbas joins a rebel rock band to take down the Human Empire with a martial art of sound. She must confront her pain, master her powers and choose between revolution or redemption.
Washed-up alien musician Nesamma Abbas joins a rebel rock band to take down the Human Empire with a martial art of sound. She must confront her pain, master her powers and choose between revolution or redemption.
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STARRED review in @libraryjournal.bsky.social for WE WILL RISE AGAIN, the speculative activism anthology edited by @drkarenlord.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social and yours truly! Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...
We Will Rise Again
From genre luminaries, esteemed organizers, and exciting new voices in fiction, an anthology of stories, essays, and interviews that offer transfor...
www.simonandschuster.com
September 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
STARRED review in @libraryjournal.bsky.social for WE WILL RISE AGAIN, the speculative activism anthology edited by @drkarenlord.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social and yours truly! Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...
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The lovely folks over at @scifinow.bsky.social have revealed the cover for my new novel, INTERGALACTIC FEAST 🍩🚀
Go check it out!
It’s gorgeous, and it’s all thanks to Sam Gretton and the amazing team at @solarisbooks.bsky.social — thank you all so much 💜
Go check it out!
It’s gorgeous, and it’s all thanks to Sam Gretton and the amazing team at @solarisbooks.bsky.social — thank you all so much 💜
Our friends at SciFiNow have revealed Sam Gretton's out-of-this-world cover for INTERGALACTIC FEAST, the second book in Arthur C. Clarke Award-nominated @lavanya.bsky.social 's FLAVOUR HACKER duology, sequel to INTERSTELLAR MEGACHEF!
Full reveal: bit.ly/4gBiOSg
Preorder: geni.us/intergfeast
Full reveal: bit.ly/4gBiOSg
Preorder: geni.us/intergfeast
September 22, 2025 at 10:06 AM
The lovely folks over at @scifinow.bsky.social have revealed the cover for my new novel, INTERGALACTIC FEAST 🍩🚀
Go check it out!
It’s gorgeous, and it’s all thanks to Sam Gretton and the amazing team at @solarisbooks.bsky.social — thank you all so much 💜
Go check it out!
It’s gorgeous, and it’s all thanks to Sam Gretton and the amazing team at @solarisbooks.bsky.social — thank you all so much 💜
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Mad Sisters of Esi, by @tashanmehta.bsky.social (pub by @dawbooks.bsky.social) is an excellent novel, one that plays with metafiction to deliver a really emotional journey to the attentive reader.
Full thoughts:
jamreads.com/reviews/mad-...
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Full thoughts:
jamreads.com/reviews/mad-...
💙📚
JamReads - Making your TBR closer to infinite
In JamReads you will find content about books, and why you should read them more. This content may include reviews, interviews and occasionally, some news of the literary world
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September 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Mad Sisters of Esi, by @tashanmehta.bsky.social (pub by @dawbooks.bsky.social) is an excellent novel, one that plays with metafiction to deliver a really emotional journey to the attentive reader.
Full thoughts:
jamreads.com/reviews/mad-...
💙📚
Full thoughts:
jamreads.com/reviews/mad-...
💙📚
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Linking to this Scientific American interview again: www.scientificamerican.com/article/were...
We’re Light-Years Away from True Artificial Intelligence, Says Murderbot Author Martha Wells
Today’s large language models are hardly related to the kinds of machine intelligence we see in science fiction, according to Martha Wells, author of the Murderbot Diaries series
www.scientificamerican.com
July 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Linking to this Scientific American interview again: www.scientificamerican.com/article/were...
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!
Thank you!
What did I just read?? The City Inside by @samitbasu.bsky.social is a dark and captivating book that I could not put down. Disturbing and insightful, it comes alive and creeps into your brain, making it impossible to not be still thinking about it days later. 5🌟
September 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Thank you!
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oh hey it's pre-order sale time again at @barnesandnoble.com which makes it a great time to pre-order WE WILL RISE AGAIN, an anthology of speculative fiction, essays, interviews about activism, protest, and collective action, edited by @drkarenlord.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social & yours truly
We Will Rise Again: Speculative Stories and Essays on Protest, Resistance, and Hope|eBook
From genre luminaries, esteemed organizers, and exciting new voices in fiction, an anthology of stories, essays, and interviews that offer transformative visions of the future, fantastical alternate w...
www.barnesandnoble.com
September 3, 2025 at 8:43 PM
oh hey it's pre-order sale time again at @barnesandnoble.com which makes it a great time to pre-order WE WILL RISE AGAIN, an anthology of speculative fiction, essays, interviews about activism, protest, and collective action, edited by @drkarenlord.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social & yours truly
Congratulations!!!
It’s midnight! That means Witch You Would is OUT NOW AHHH!
Sorry I’m going to be insufferable for a minute. Also, please come to the party!
Sorry I’m going to be insufferable for a minute. Also, please come to the party!
September 2, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Congratulations!!!
Congratulations!
Happy book birthday to Automatic Noodle, which is all about three things I love: biang biang noodles, San Francisco, and robots. Catch me on book tour, and pick up one of these amazing t-shirts or other swag at automaticnoodle.website (yes, this is the exact URL the robots use in the book).
August 6, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Congratulations!
Congratulations!!
It’sss pub day! MAD SISTERS OF ESI is now out in the US and Canada.
To celebrate, Alap and I took a series of truly ridiculous photos at Brooklyn Bridge Park. My baby* is now in New York!
(*Technically an ARC of my baby. The final is a beautiful, beautiful hardcover.)
To celebrate, Alap and I took a series of truly ridiculous photos at Brooklyn Bridge Park. My baby* is now in New York!
(*Technically an ARC of my baby. The final is a beautiful, beautiful hardcover.)
August 6, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Congratulations!!
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If you loved "Sphere", "The City Inside", the film "Infernal Affairs", or you're just up for some cyberpunk and space horror, here's something I wrote earlier!
July 27, 2025 at 1:05 AM
If you loved "Sphere", "The City Inside", the film "Infernal Affairs", or you're just up for some cyberpunk and space horror, here's something I wrote earlier!
Have been so away from the internet it took me a long while to realise @indrapramitdas.bsky.social's Indian edition of Last Dragoners is out! Please go get it, such a lovely, haunting, beautiful book.
It’s pub day for The Last Dragoners of Bowbazaar!
@indrapramitdas.bsky.social’s award-winning novella is a haunting, moving coming-of-age tale of identity and belonging.
Now available at all major bookstores and online.
@indrapramitdas.bsky.social’s award-winning novella is a haunting, moving coming-of-age tale of identity and belonging.
Now available at all major bookstores and online.
July 21, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Have been so away from the internet it took me a long while to realise @indrapramitdas.bsky.social's Indian edition of Last Dragoners is out! Please go get it, such a lovely, haunting, beautiful book.
Many congratulations and happy book day(s) @zenaldehyde.bsky.social !!
US: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
UK: www.panmacmillan.com/authors/zen-...
The fabulous cover art is by the hugely talented Bo Feng Lin!
UK: www.panmacmillan.com/authors/zen-...
The fabulous cover art is by the hugely talented Bo Feng Lin!
Behind Frenemy Lines
Award-winning author Zen Cho delivers a sparkling and witty rivals-to-lovers romance reminiscent of Sally Thorne's The Hating Game and Sajni Patel's The Trou...
us.macmillan.com
July 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Many congratulations and happy book day(s) @zenaldehyde.bsky.social !!
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I would appear to have won the European Science Fiction Society Hall of Fame award for Best Author
I, hum, am going to need a minute and possibly a drastic reassessment of my self image
(Thx @effjayem.bsky.social for tagging me)
I, hum, am going to need a minute and possibly a drastic reassessment of my self image
(Thx @effjayem.bsky.social for tagging me)
June 29, 2025 at 11:26 AM
I would appear to have won the European Science Fiction Society Hall of Fame award for Best Author
I, hum, am going to need a minute and possibly a drastic reassessment of my self image
(Thx @effjayem.bsky.social for tagging me)
I, hum, am going to need a minute and possibly a drastic reassessment of my self image
(Thx @effjayem.bsky.social for tagging me)
Many favourites here in this @marthawells.com list! archive.is/2025.06.26-0...
archive.is
June 27, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Many favourites here in this @marthawells.com list! archive.is/2025.06.26-0...
Thank you so much!
I love encountering other writers whose prose I instantly feel a kinship for. Octavia Butler, @zzclaybourne.bsky.social, @tananarivedue.bsky.social, @tvayyyy.bsky.social, and @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social are just a few of those. Today I got that with @samitbasu.bsky.social’s short “Development/Hell”
June 15, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Thank you so much!
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So there is a profile of me in the New Yorker: www.newyorker.com/culture/pers...
Do Androids Dream of Anything at All?
We have tended to imagine machines as either being our slaves or enslaving us. Martha Wells, the writer of the “Murderbot” series, tries to conjure a truly alien consciousness.
www.newyorker.com
June 13, 2025 at 12:55 PM
So there is a profile of me in the New Yorker: www.newyorker.com/culture/pers...
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“she had asked a boss if he would let his children fly on a plane with the litany of flaws and non-conformances he was urging her to “pencil-whip”: “Cindy, none of these planes are staying in America, they’re all going overseas,” he retorted, much to her horror”
“Two people deeply familiar with the Charleston 787 plant told the Prospect they had particularly acute quality concerns over planes that were delivered to Air India.” 😱
One of the Dreamliners That Gave a Boeing Manager Nightmares Just Crashed
Whistleblowers always warned that passengers would pay a price for Boeing’s tyrannical corner-cutting, especially with the planes shipped overseas.
prospect.org
June 13, 2025 at 10:01 AM
“she had asked a boss if he would let his children fly on a plane with the litany of flaws and non-conformances he was urging her to “pencil-whip”: “Cindy, none of these planes are staying in America, they’re all going overseas,” he retorted, much to her horror”
Trying to creak back into the newsletter habit: open.substack.com/pub/samit/p/...
Artificial General Sloppiness
And some art to balance things out
open.substack.com
June 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Trying to creak back into the newsletter habit: open.substack.com/pub/samit/p/...
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My grimsweet fantasy road trip (on foot) lands today w/ a humble deputy courier forced to guide uppity court officials on a back country route that includes a ravenous fungal ghost plague, court intrigue, & a mysterious haunt.
First of a duology (bk 2 in Nov).
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
First of a duology (bk 2 in Nov).
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
June 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
My grimsweet fantasy road trip (on foot) lands today w/ a humble deputy courier forced to guide uppity court officials on a back country route that includes a ravenous fungal ghost plague, court intrigue, & a mysterious haunt.
First of a duology (bk 2 in Nov).
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
First of a duology (bk 2 in Nov).
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Love this so very much
love is stored in the small robots 🏳🌈 (Bador & Moku from The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport by @samitbasu.bsky.social)
#art
#art
June 11, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Love this so very much
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New book day! 🍾 Please welcome DEAD NOTE — my hometown noir, my thrilla in Manila, the opening act in my crime writer era. It’s a twisty, dual narrative, cat-and-mouse game between a washed-up pop star and a deranged assassin, inspired by the My Way karaoke killings.
May 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
New book day! 🍾 Please welcome DEAD NOTE — my hometown noir, my thrilla in Manila, the opening act in my crime writer era. It’s a twisty, dual narrative, cat-and-mouse game between a washed-up pop star and a deranged assassin, inspired by the My Way karaoke killings.