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Samit Basu is an Indian novelist. His previous novel, The City Inside, was named one of the best sci-fi/fantasy novels of 2022 by The Washington Post and Book Riot and was short-listed for the JCB Prize. He's published several novels in a range of speculative genres, all critically acclaimed and bestselling in India, beginning with The Simoqin Prophecies (2003). He also works as a director-screenwriter, a comics writer, and a columnist. He lives in Delhi, Kolkata, and on the internet. Website: samitbasu.com Twitter: @samitbasu Instagram: @samitbasu
"Highly anticipated in BookBub Library Journal Goodreads Tor.com The Portalist SFF Yeah! Praise for The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport ""Ridiculously entertaining.""--Kate Elliott, New York Times bestselling author ""'Aladdin' like you've never seen it before. Samit Basu deftly weaves a tale that sparkles with the wondrous and wild possibilities of 'Aladdin' in space. This is a wild, funny, and exhilarating adventure with a huge heart.""--Tasha Suri, award-winning author of The Jasmine Throne ""Wonderfully entertaining--a heady and creative mix of excellent stories. The best of 'Aladdin' and Murderbot meet in Samit's top-tier storyteller's craft. Inventive, with witty dialogue, and utterly fun! All the heart of myths and the explorative commentary of sci-fi are masterfully shaped together in The Jinn-bot of Shantiport.""--USA Today Bestselling Author, R.R. Virdi ""A wildly exuberant mash-up of top-class storytelling, gleeful mockery, and engaging characters we care desperately about. Basu is playing with tropes and messing about with narrative, while at the same time telling a heartfelt story with high stakes and enthralling action. The most fun I have had with SF in ages.""--KJ Charles, author of The Magpie Lord ""An extravagant, expansive, inventive epic of a book, shifting modes deftly to set heroes of lore on a collision course with video game tropes--and I enjoyed every word of the resulting fireworks. Brainy, deeply felt, and entirely brilliant.""--Malka Older, author of The Mimicking of Known Successes ""Samit Basu is one of the smartest, most entertaining writers working in SF today -- this was an utter delight from first to last, fizzing with ideas and originality.""--Zen Cho, author of Black Water Sister ""[An] action-packed frolic . . . Basu's sharp social commentary and sense of pageantry enhance this wild romp. Readers will have no choice but to get caught in the whirlwind.""--Publishers Weekly ""Samit Basu mixes elements of the story of Aladdin with the political machinations on a corrupt spaceport.""--Library Journal ""A finalist for this fall's unofficial Best Book Title contest, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport is the latest from Indian SFF specialist Samit Basu, who treats standard sci-fi tropes as dubious advice, best ignored. Mixing futurism and fantasy, his new book features streetwise protagonists, corrupt oligarchs, wry satire, and wish-granting tech. Oh, and monkeybots.""--Goodreads ""Just f***ing delightful from start to finish.""--Tor.com ""From cinematic mecha fights to an aching romance set in the background of a city falling apart and all spiced with a healthy dose of humor, reading The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport was an incredibly fun experience.""--Bookish Brews Selected praise for Samit Basu and The City Inside ""Feels like a lost season of Black Mirror.""--The Washington Post ""Basu's chief strengths as a novelist are character development, lively dialogue and a pleasingly off-kilter sense of humour.""--Vogue India ""An instant classic""--Indra Das, author of The Devourers"
