Gautam Bhatia
@gautambhatia88.bsky.social
Science Fiction. Constitutional Law. Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference.
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@gautambhatia88.bsky.social
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THE SENTENCE is out in the world today.
Available at your local bookshop, and to order online:
www.amazon.in/dp/936045152...
Available at your local bookshop, and to order online:
www.amazon.in/dp/936045152...
Over two flights, read this fascinating and unclassifiable book.
December 18, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Over two flights, read this fascinating and unclassifiable book.
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As always, remember to subscribe if you’d like this in your inbox fortnightly!
December 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
As always, remember to subscribe if you’d like this in your inbox fortnightly!
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It’s the third Monday of the month, so here is a new issue of the Words for Worlds newsletter:
gautambhatia.substack.com/p/words-for-...
feat. end-of-year lists, an essay on Wole Soyinka, discovering Meja Mwangi in his death, Patti Smith’s new memoir, new Indian SFF, and more.
gautambhatia.substack.com/p/words-for-...
feat. end-of-year lists, an essay on Wole Soyinka, discovering Meja Mwangi in his death, Patti Smith’s new memoir, new Indian SFF, and more.
Words for Worlds - Issue 110
Hello everyone, and welcome to another issue of Words for Worlds.
gautambhatia.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
It’s the third Monday of the month, so here is a new issue of the Words for Worlds newsletter:
gautambhatia.substack.com/p/words-for-...
feat. end-of-year lists, an essay on Wole Soyinka, discovering Meja Mwangi in his death, Patti Smith’s new memoir, new Indian SFF, and more.
gautambhatia.substack.com/p/words-for-...
feat. end-of-year lists, an essay on Wole Soyinka, discovering Meja Mwangi in his death, Patti Smith’s new memoir, new Indian SFF, and more.
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Aid for the Republic from the Welsh mining village of Abertillery. One box reads "The people of Abertillery say No Pasarán" Another says "Abertillery people's gift of food for the Spanish Republic" La Pasionaria and Azaña on display. 1937 or 38.
December 17, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Aid for the Republic from the Welsh mining village of Abertillery. One box reads "The people of Abertillery say No Pasarán" Another says "Abertillery people's gift of food for the Spanish Republic" La Pasionaria and Azaña on display. 1937 or 38.
Thank you to the folks at Alter Magazine for this beautiful poster of Begum Rokeya (and others), to commemorate the magazine’s first issue on the history of Indian science fiction.
Read the piece here! altermag.com/articles/the...
Read the piece here! altermag.com/articles/the...
December 16, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Thank you to the folks at Alter Magazine for this beautiful poster of Begum Rokeya (and others), to commemorate the magazine’s first issue on the history of Indian science fiction.
Read the piece here! altermag.com/articles/the...
Read the piece here! altermag.com/articles/the...
One of these is not like the others.
December 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM
One of these is not like the others.
It’s the third Monday of the month, so here is a new issue of the Words for Worlds newsletter:
gautambhatia.substack.com/p/words-for-...
feat. end-of-year lists, an essay on Wole Soyinka, discovering Meja Mwangi in his death, Patti Smith’s new memoir, new Indian SFF, and more.
gautambhatia.substack.com/p/words-for-...
feat. end-of-year lists, an essay on Wole Soyinka, discovering Meja Mwangi in his death, Patti Smith’s new memoir, new Indian SFF, and more.
Words for Worlds - Issue 110
Hello everyone, and welcome to another issue of Words for Worlds.
gautambhatia.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
It’s the third Monday of the month, so here is a new issue of the Words for Worlds newsletter:
gautambhatia.substack.com/p/words-for-...
feat. end-of-year lists, an essay on Wole Soyinka, discovering Meja Mwangi in his death, Patti Smith’s new memoir, new Indian SFF, and more.
gautambhatia.substack.com/p/words-for-...
feat. end-of-year lists, an essay on Wole Soyinka, discovering Meja Mwangi in his death, Patti Smith’s new memoir, new Indian SFF, and more.
Okay but what is a second-hand *French* edition of Alastair Reynolds doing at Blossom Bookshop?
December 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Okay but what is a second-hand *French* edition of Alastair Reynolds doing at Blossom Bookshop?
Visited Champaca Books’ Indiranagar branch for the first time. Lovely vibe, support for Indian SFF as heartwarming as ever, and as always, browsing to find something you didn’t know you needed.
December 15, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Visited Champaca Books’ Indiranagar branch for the first time. Lovely vibe, support for Indian SFF as heartwarming as ever, and as always, browsing to find something you didn’t know you needed.
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This is one of the very best pieces that I’ve read all year.
How Wole Soyinka Inherited the Drama of the Gods — and Shadowed the Nigerian Tragedy:
opencountrymag.com/wole-soyinka...
How Wole Soyinka Inherited the Drama of the Gods — and Shadowed the Nigerian Tragedy:
opencountrymag.com/wole-soyinka...
How Wole Soyinka Inherited the Drama of the Gods
Cover story: Wole Soyinka is the greatest living writer. Will his legacy withstand compromise in the Nigerian tragedy?
opencountrymag.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This is one of the very best pieces that I’ve read all year.
How Wole Soyinka Inherited the Drama of the Gods — and Shadowed the Nigerian Tragedy:
opencountrymag.com/wole-soyinka...
How Wole Soyinka Inherited the Drama of the Gods — and Shadowed the Nigerian Tragedy:
opencountrymag.com/wole-soyinka...
This is one of the very best pieces that I’ve read all year.
How Wole Soyinka Inherited the Drama of the Gods — and Shadowed the Nigerian Tragedy:
opencountrymag.com/wole-soyinka...
How Wole Soyinka Inherited the Drama of the Gods — and Shadowed the Nigerian Tragedy:
opencountrymag.com/wole-soyinka...
How Wole Soyinka Inherited the Drama of the Gods
Cover story: Wole Soyinka is the greatest living writer. Will his legacy withstand compromise in the Nigerian tragedy?
opencountrymag.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This is one of the very best pieces that I’ve read all year.
How Wole Soyinka Inherited the Drama of the Gods — and Shadowed the Nigerian Tragedy:
opencountrymag.com/wole-soyinka...
How Wole Soyinka Inherited the Drama of the Gods — and Shadowed the Nigerian Tragedy:
opencountrymag.com/wole-soyinka...
New miniature bookstore under construction, will keep both my well-wishers and my opponents updated on progress.
December 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
New miniature bookstore under construction, will keep both my well-wishers and my opponents updated on progress.
Or who my favourite writer might be…
December 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Or who my favourite writer might be…
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New Review - today some brilliant and powerful horror that tackles hard subjects very well - I loved ITCH! By Gemma Amor out now and strongly recommended! www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/12...
ITCH! by Gemma Amor — Runalong The Shelves
I would like to thank Hodder & Stoughton for an advance copy of this novel in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher – Hodder & Stoughton Published – Out Now Price – £1...
www.runalongtheshelves.net
December 12, 2025 at 8:36 AM
New Review - today some brilliant and powerful horror that tackles hard subjects very well - I loved ITCH! By Gemma Amor out now and strongly recommended! www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/12...
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Just finished reading the introduction to this collection, which itself was brilliant.
December 11, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Just finished reading the introduction to this collection, which itself was brilliant.
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‘Far more exciting than a book about legal ethics has any right to be.’
We are thrilled to see @gautambhatia88.bsky.social’s The Sentence on KJ Charles’s list for Best Books of 2025!
kjcharleswriter.com/2025/12/08/b...
We are thrilled to see @gautambhatia88.bsky.social’s The Sentence on KJ Charles’s list for Best Books of 2025!
kjcharleswriter.com/2025/12/08/b...
December 11, 2025 at 5:28 AM
‘Far more exciting than a book about legal ethics has any right to be.’
We are thrilled to see @gautambhatia88.bsky.social’s The Sentence on KJ Charles’s list for Best Books of 2025!
kjcharleswriter.com/2025/12/08/b...
We are thrilled to see @gautambhatia88.bsky.social’s The Sentence on KJ Charles’s list for Best Books of 2025!
kjcharleswriter.com/2025/12/08/b...
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Check out @niallharrison’s review of BETWEEN WORLDS edited by Gautam Bhatia, which includes: “stories touching on issues around labour, social development, and personal autonomy.”
Between Worlds by Gautam Bhatia, ed.: Review by Niall Harrison
Between Worlds, Gautam Bhatia, ed. (Westland 978-9-371-97654-1, ₹599.00, 364pp, tp) August 2025. In design and execution, Between Worlds is one of the more open-minded books you are likely to come…
locusmag.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Check out @niallharrison’s review of BETWEEN WORLDS edited by Gautam Bhatia, which includes: “stories touching on issues around labour, social development, and personal autonomy.”
Reposted by Gautam Bhatia
Can you guess who my favourite science fiction writer might be??
December 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Can you guess who my favourite science fiction writer might be??
Can you guess who my favourite science fiction writer might be??
December 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Can you guess who my favourite science fiction writer might be??
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NEW: Award-winning fantasy novels of 2025, a roundup by our fantasy editor and novelist Sylvia Bishop:
fivebooks.com/best-books/a...
fivebooks.com/best-books/a...
Award-Winning Fantasy Novels of 2025
The award-winning fantasy novels of 2025 are notable for spanning the breadth of the genre: murder mysteries and legal thrillers have been honoured alongside monsters, mythologies and folk tales. Our…
fivebooks.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
NEW: Award-winning fantasy novels of 2025, a roundup by our fantasy editor and novelist Sylvia Bishop:
fivebooks.com/best-books/a...
fivebooks.com/best-books/a...
Yeah okay I’m back.
December 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Yeah okay I’m back.
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‘In design and execution, Between Worlds is one of the more open-minded books you are likely to come across this year.’
Read @locusmag.bsky.social’s review of Between Worlds, the inaugural IF anthology of new Indian SFF, edited by @gautambhatia88.bsky.social. locusmag.com/review/betwe...
Read @locusmag.bsky.social’s review of Between Worlds, the inaugural IF anthology of new Indian SFF, edited by @gautambhatia88.bsky.social. locusmag.com/review/betwe...
December 9, 2025 at 8:51 AM
‘In design and execution, Between Worlds is one of the more open-minded books you are likely to come across this year.’
Read @locusmag.bsky.social’s review of Between Worlds, the inaugural IF anthology of new Indian SFF, edited by @gautambhatia88.bsky.social. locusmag.com/review/betwe...
Read @locusmag.bsky.social’s review of Between Worlds, the inaugural IF anthology of new Indian SFF, edited by @gautambhatia88.bsky.social. locusmag.com/review/betwe...