The Adventures Of Stoob: Testing Times by Samit Basu

Samit Basu . Rupa Publications India . English

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About the Author

Samit Basu is an Indian novelist, known mainly for SF and fantasy work. His most recent novel, the anti-dystopian near-future The City Inside (Tordotcom, '22) was on the Washington Post and Book Riot best SFF of 2022 lists and earlier shortlisted for the 2020 JCB Prize (India) as Chosen Spirits. Samit's first novel, The Simoqin Prophecies, published by Penguin India in 2003, when Samit was 23, was the first book in the bestselling Gameworld Trilogy and marked the beginning of Indian English fantasy writing. His UK/US debut was the superhero novel Turbulence (Titan books). He also works as a film director/screenwriter (Netflix), comics writer, children's writer, columnist and essayist. Samit runs a newsletter, Duck of Dystopia (samit.substack.com) and can be found on social media at @samitbasu, and at samitbasu.com

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