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Samit Basu

Novelist. Best known for fantasy and science fiction work. Most recently, The City Inside (Tordotcom)/Chosen Spirits (Simon and Schuster)
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Chosen Spirits – Responses

“It infuriates me, then, that a novel as passionate, as angry and a smart as Chosen Spirits has not been published outside of India. We need more books like this, books that speak to the experiences of people living in other parts of the world, books that rail, through the prism of science fiction, against populism, racism … Continue reading

Chosen Spirits ebook out worldwide

Very happy to announce that Chosen Spirits, the near-future anti-dystopian Delhi novel I’ve been rewriting frantically for the last four years, is now out on the Kindle store worldwide. If you’re in India, it’s here. Published by Simon and Schuster, special introductory price for this launch, so get it quick, unless you’d prefer to buy … Continue reading

Protected: DoD exclusive: Chosen Spirits / Chapter One

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Not another reading list

New Duck of Dystopia issue. A delay, some distractions and a duck.

First issue!

In Duck of Dystopia, a recap, a cover, reading recs, an invitation, and an obligatory duck.

Newsletter: Duck of Dystopia

I’ve started a newsletter, Duck of Dystopia, at samit.substack.com. Reading/viewing recommendations, creativity conversations, author updates and email exclusives delivered to your inbox. Do come and subscribe!

Protected: Welcome to Duck of Dystopia!

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Three months to go!

New Novel alert!

Chosen Spirits is very different from anything I’ve done before. Can’t wait for you to read it.

House Arrest trailer

So, I wrote and co-directed a film with Shashank Ghosh. It’s called House Arrest, stars Ali Fazal, Shriya Pilgaonkar, Jim Sarbh and Barkha Singh, and is out on November 15 on Netflix.

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