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"From the Earth to the Moon Annotated for Our Spacefaring Age Edited by Anastasia Klimchynskaya Essays by Samit Basu, Jordan Bimm, Erika Nesvold, Adam Oyebanji, Malka Older, Adam Roberts, and Asif Siddigi" [the graphics on this are pretty low-key: a side-bar with a pale moon and stars image, and the cover of the book which is basically the title and two circles representing Earth and Moon in white on a dark background]

If you're hype about Artemis, there's a new, annotated version of Jules Verne's truly batshit speculation about what would get humans to the moon, edited by @anaklimchy.bsky.social with essays and annotation by me, @samitbasu.bsky.social, and more!

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Congratulations and happy book birthday @lavanya.bsky.social !!

What Would Akanda Do? | Future Tense Fiction Samit Basu’s story examines deepfake technology, celebrities, and what happens when fame is weaponized as propaganda.

This week's #FreeFictionFriday story is "What would Akanda do?" by Samit Basu from Issues magazine. Find the link to read the story here: issues.org/futuretensef...

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3/14(土) 日本時間18:30からオンラインで、日本南アジア学会 第3回社会連携イベントとして、慶應義塾大学サイエンスフィクション研究開発・実装センター（SFRDC）共催による「日印SF交流ワークショップ」を開催します！
ラヴァンヤ・ラクシュミナラヤン著『頂点都市』の出版背景を東京創元社の石亀航氏が解説し、サミ・アフマド・カーン氏とSF評論家の海老原豊氏がSFの検討をします。SF小説家でNetflix映画でも知られるSamit Basu氏が、SF作家藤井太洋氏と対談します。週末の夜のインドSF対談。ぜひぜひご参加くださいませ！ keio-sfrdc.jp/archives/630

New Near-future Short Story and a workshop update

new newsletter: Future Tense short story link and a quick novel workshop update. samit.substack.com/p/new-near-f...

Many thanks for the lovely art @reysagcal.bsky.social!

The Dividing Towers of Mumbai | Future Tense Fiction ”Mumbai is a conjured-up city”: In the birthplace of Bollywood, different visions for a city’s future collide, writes Moira Shourie.

Also, Moira Shourie's response essay to What Would Akanda Do? It's called The Dividing Towers of Mumbai. issues.org/futuretensef...

What Would Akanda Do? | Future Tense Fiction Samit Basu’s story examines deepfake technology, celebrities, and what happens when fame is weaponized as propaganda.

Had a really great time working with the editors at Future Tense on a new short story: What Would Akanda Do? out now in issues.org. It's about a Bollywood star who signed away his likeness to AI, and now has some thoughts: issues.org/futuretensef...

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Happy (belated) publication day to Les Soeurs Dementes d'Esi, the French translation of Mad Sisters of Esi done by the wonderful Mathilde Montier 🐋✨

Oh check it out, Reactor review!

Donate to Help R. S. A. Garcia Pay for Cancer Expenses, organized by Arula Ratnakar Hi everyone, I'm Rhonda, also known as R. S. A. Garcia, a speculative … Arula Ratnakar needs your support for Help R. S. A. Garcia Pay for Cancer Expenses

The world is on fire and everyone is going through it right now but if you wanna help a Black Author this month, please donate to RSA Garcia's Go Fund Me. It's tough writing a book series while also undergoing cancer treatments. #booksky #blacksky
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First applications have started coming in! Thanks so much everyone who shared.

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Thank you so much Indra! Fair warning I intend to lure you into some kind of instructory thing

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Thanks so much Ronnie!

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Writing workshops (Yes, I'm starting one)

Popping up from the void to say, I'm starting an independent writing workshop! Do have a look, and share with anyone you think might be interested. samit.substack.com/p/writing-wo...

Resisting the Hivemind: Pluribus, Generative AI, and Empire - Reactor While its creator tell us that Pluribus is not about advent of generative AI, it's difficult not to spot the many places where the fledgling tech and extraterrestrial hivemind overlap.

I found the ep in PLURIBUS where Carol--white, American--meets 5 non-white, non-American survivors of the hivemind off-putting, but in a way that made me curious to see where Gilligan was going. Now that I have, I wrote about how empire, privilege, genAI, & resistance converge in the show's subtext:

Voices of resistance to dystopian forces coalesce in collection’s stories, essays

We Will Rise Again in the Winnipeg Free Press: www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

The author and their books: Lavanya Lakshminarayan, author of THE TEN PERCENT THIEF and the FLAVOR HACKER Duology The book they'd love for Christmas Le Carré and Le Guin first editions Their favourite reads of 2025 THE WATER OUTLAWS A DROP OF CORRUPTION TREACLE WALKER Their anticipated read of 2026 VIGIL LOVE GALAXY THE PICTURES OF DARPAN RAY

We asked @lavanya.bsky.social for her best book of '25, the book she'd love for Xmas & her anticipated read of '26.

Read the full article: https://geni.us/SolarisBks2025 to find out why she picked @slhuang.com @robertjbennett.bsky.social @samitbasu.bsky.social & more!

https://geni.us/killingspell

Barnacle. Written by Kate Elliott. Illustrated by Juan Bernabeu. Edited by Oliver Dougherty. A rocky cluster of barnacles rests on a beach. Crows fly over head and two have landed to pick at the barnacles. Red sky, white cloud/background, and green-toned beach.

An older medic with scant resources fights to support her community as they survive life behind the company wall.

This novelette is my only near future sf story, inspired by a long-ago convo with my dad & by the activists who never give up.

Free to read at
reactormag.com/barnacle-kat...

Blown away by these incredibly generous blurbs from the brilliant @kbwagers.com and @samitbasu.bsky.social ! Thank you for your super kind words 💜

INTERGALACTIC FEAST is available to preorder, out March 2026 👇🏼