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Samit Basu

December 14, 1979 (age 46)

Birth place: Calcutta, West Bengal, India

12 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
August 2005 27 Review The Simoqin Prophecies Locus, #535 August 2005
September 2012 94 Short Fiction Turbulence (excerpt) SFX, September 2012
September 2013 Review Turbulence Strange Horizons, 30 September 2013
August 2014 Review Resistance Strange Horizons, 11 August 2014
November 2014 173 Review Turbulence Theaker's Quarterly Fiction, #49
November 2020 |4 Review Chosen Spirits Strange Horizons, 2 November 2020
June 2022 Interview Everyday Dystopia: A Conversation with Samit Basu Clarkesworld, June 2022
September 2022 200 Review The City Inside Analog Science Fiction and Fact, September-October 2022
November 2022 |6 Short Fiction Butirub Apex Magazine, November 2022
April 2023 |13 Short Fiction Electric Sonalika Grimdark Magazine, April 2023
January 2024 |15 Review The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport Interzone, January 2024
March 2024 |6 Interview Fiction Reflecting Our Fears: Samit Basu on Writing Speculative City, Spring 2024

9 English-language books

YearAwardCategoryTitleStatus
2021 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel Chosen Spirits Nominee
2023 Goodreads Choice Awards Science Fiction The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport Nominee
2024 Dragon Award Best Science Fiction Novel The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport Nominee
2024 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport Nominee

Author and filmmaker who as of 2024 lives and works in Delhi and Mumbai, India
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