Posted on June 10, 2010 by samit
Read the first chapter here. The book is currently no.1 on the Top new releases on the Flipkart homepage. The book page is here. It’s fun. Promise. And the Facebook group is here. Update: Just adding a few more sites where online ordering is possible: Indiaplaza Odyssey 360 Friendsofbooks Bookvook NBCIndia
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Posted on April 21, 2010 by samit
So, this is my first YA novel, out in June from Scholastic. Turbulence is out from Hachette in October. More info on Terror on the Titanic and the Morningstar Agency series closer to publication date. It’s going to be a fun year. Cover design is by the supertalented Priya Kuriyan.
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Posted on May 24, 2008 by samit
Just working/travelling/living. And meeting truly exciting people. Two films and a book and a comics series to write, all due yesterday, and another book and art project to work on, so the idea of MORE typing is killing. But yet again, I resolve to try. A comic I’ve been hugely excited about working on (because [...]
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Posted on January 3, 2008 by samit
Date: Wednesday, January 9, 2008 Time: 7:00pm Location: Amaltas Hall, India Habitat Centre Do come. And bring your friends. There’ll be a short video thingie where I talk about my influences, a quick reading, a discussion with the mighty Nilanjana S. Roy, and drunksdrinks. Will post about other events when dates and times are confirmed. [...]
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Posted on December 22, 2007 by samit
Das Fest der Zwerge This is an anthology of fantasy stories from my German publishers, Piper. One of these stories, The Year of the Ape, starring the Silver Dagger and Kirin, is mine. It’s also in German, and also features a story by (ahem) Ray Bradbury. The theme of the anthology is Christmas/year-end feasts. [...]
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Posted on December 20, 2007 by samit
So, I went to Khan Market for lunch and then sauntered into a bookstore to look at the New Arrivals section and mourn the fact that my book was missing. Having done so, I was greatly surprised to see that the book, while not amongst the New Arrivals, had nevertheless actually arrived and was lurking [...]
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Posted on December 17, 2007 by samit
This is still very tentative, but I believe the wheels are finally moving. Advance copies are here, and so the book should – should – be out within a week. None of this is confirmed, but possibly this weekend in Delhi and early next week for the rest of India. A couple of sites – [...]
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Posted on November 16, 2007 by samit
Posted on November 8, 2007 by samit
…is suddenly finding out you’ve been mentioned in a Michael Moorcock article Indeed, we’ve recently been through a period of restoration and reconsideration rather than a period of experiment and I think there are real economic and social reasons why this is so. While mainstream publishers have become more open to publishing synthetic work, including [...]
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Posted on October 30, 2007 by samit
I’m putting together Indian/diaspora short stories, SF and Fantasy, for an anthology. 3000-6000 words. Deadline 12th November. Payment in royalties in exciting foreign currencies if your story makes it through. Previously published work is fine. Multiple submissions also fine. Email me your stories with a brief bio. Also, if you’re a member of a writergroup, [...]
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