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Samit Basu

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Fantasy, Science Fiction, Contemporary

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Samit Basu has been writing and publishing for the last two decades. His recent novels include The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport, shortlisted for the Locus, Goodreads and Dragon Awards, and The City Inside, named one of the Best SFF Books of 2022 by The Washington Post and shortlisted, as Chosen Spirits, for the JCB Prize in 2020. His debut novel in India was The Simoqin Prophecies, the first in a bestselling fantasy trilogy, and in the UK and US, Turbulence.
In addition to novels, Basu has written and co-directed a Netflix Original film. He has written comics, short stories in multiple genres for Indian and international anthologies, as well as several books for younger readers in India. He has worked in TV, film and digital media, and has bee ...more

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	The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport 3.56 avg rating — 1,981 ratings — published 2023 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shekhar Kapur's Devi - Vol. 1 by Samit Basu (Goodreads Author), Sidharth Kotian, Shekhar Kapur (Created By) 3.92 avg rating — 1,534 ratings — published 2007 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Simoqin Prophecies (GameWorld Trilogy, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 1,355 ratings — published 2004 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The City Inside 3.26 avg rating — 1,502 ratings — published 2020 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Turbulence 3.48 avg rating — 1,327 ratings — published 2010 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Manticore's Secret (GameWorld Trilogy #2) 3.97 avg rating — 838 ratings — published 2005 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Unwaba Revelations (GameWorld Trilogy, #3) 3.74 avg rating — 736 ratings — published 2008 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Resistance 3.57 avg rating — 319 ratings — published 2014 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Terror on the Titanic (Morningstar Agency #1) 3.14 avg rating — 127 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Devi: Samvara (Devi, #2) by Samit Basu (Goodreads Author), Shekhar Kapur 3.44 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Samit Basu

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Devi (collected editions) (5 books)
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Turbulence (2 books)
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The Adventures of Stoob (3 books)
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4.20 avg rating — 89 ratings

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“I just don't see why having these powers makes it necessary for all of us to become politicians, warriors, social workers, whatever. We would have tried it before if we really wanted to do it. None of us chose to spend our lives helping people before we got our powers - why should we do it now? Because comics say we should?”
― Samit Basu, Turbulence

tags: comics, doing-good, obligation, powers, superheroes

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“Usually when my life goes according to plan, it turns out the plan was made by someone else”
― Samit Basu, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

tags: life

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“Most people believe that gods exist. Many do not; this does not trouble the gods, who know that if gods, in turn, were to not believe that people exist, people would actually cease to exist. Mortal belief does make gods stronger; it inflates their egos, which is always good for the metabolism.”
― Samit Basu, The Unwaba Revelations

tags: humor

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11 votes, 29.7%

Riftwar Saga & Empire Trilogy by Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts

7 votes, 18.9%

The Sharing Knife series by Lois McMaster Bujold

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Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

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Arc of a Scythe by Neal Shusterman

3 votes, 8.1%

Rai-Kirah series by Carol Berg

2 votes, 5.4%

Codex Alera series by Jim Butcher

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GameWorld Trilogy by Samit Basu

1 vote, 2.7%

Kingston Cycle by C.L. Polk

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