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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 08/10/2026

Hugo History didn't have a September episode (sorry friends!) but we're back tomorrow with a great episode with Olav from @hugobookclub.bsky.social, talking about Frederick Pohl's memoir and love letter to fandom: The Way the Future Was!

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Gautam Bhatia @gautambhatia88.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Root canal, filling, draining of infection, root canal, antibiotics, painkillers - what a week. I would not wish genetically dodgy teeth even on my worst enemy.

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Gautam Bhatia @gautambhatia88.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Thank you to @solarisbooks.bsky.social for giving this little anarchist SF novel a home in the UK. Pre-orders open now. 👇🏼

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Gautam Bhatia @gautambhatia88.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

First Monday of the month, so here’s a new issue of the Words for Worlds newsletter. gautambhatia.substack.com/p/words-for-... feat. the Ignyte Award, a Palestinian gothic-horror novel, Greg Egan, new Indian SFF, and more. As always, subscribe if you’d like this fortnightly in your inbox.

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Words for Worlds - Issue 133

Hello everyone, and welcome to another issue of the Words for Worlds newsletter!

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

🚨ACQUISITION ANNOUNCEMENT!🚨 'Let justice be done, though the world burn.' We've snapped up @gautambhatia88.bsky.social 's @theignyteawards.bsky.social winning SF legal thriller THE FIFTH INFLECTION for the UK! UK/BC rights acquired by @alrutter.bsky.social February 2027. Preorder geni.us/5thinfl

Against an abstract red and blue background, the paperback cover for THE FIFTH INFLECTION by Gautam Bhatia.

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Renan Bernardo @renanbernardo.com · 06/10/2026

Great article (Ignyte-winning!) about the history of Indian SF by @gautambhatia88.bsky.social. I remember reading Sultana's Dream a couple of years ago and being completely enthralled by it. And now my list of Indian SF to read just expanded! altermag.com/articles/the...

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The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction.

Before Asimov, there was Rokeya.

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Gautam Bhatia @gautambhatia88.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

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Words for Worlds - Issue 133

Hello everyone, and welcome to another issue of the Words for Worlds newsletter!

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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Many thanks to the @britfantasysoc.bsky.social for the lovely award, & to @subpress.bsky.social for kindly shipping it to me in India (& publishing the book it's for!). THE LAST DRAGONERS OF BOWBAZAR is a book I'm very proud of, with a v small readership, so I'm truly grateful for the recognition.

Photo of a framed 2024 British Fantasy Award for Best Novella, awarded to The Last Dragoners of Bowbazar by me. The text for the award is set in clear resin against a pale blue and sandy brown background, and the resin holds a dragon's skeleton framing the text.

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Gautam Bhatia @gautambhatia88.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Thank you to @solarisbooks.bsky.social for giving this little anarchist SF novel a home in the UK. Pre-orders open now. 👇🏼

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Xueting C. Ni 倪雪婷 (she, they) @xuetingni.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Our title reveals to China +100 begin today, join us in celebrating Sinophone creativity during ESEA Heritage Month, as we count down to publication day @commapress.bsky.social , which happens around the wonderful time of Mid-Autumn Festival! 1/ #books #sff #chinese commapress.co.uk/books/china-...

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China + 100 | Comma Press

£11.99 (Paperback / Anthology) - Lu Hang, Zhou Dedong, Ling Chen , Dan Shi , He Zun and others

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Ronnica Fatt @ronnicareads.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

587/600 💙📚🪐📚 📱📖: The Fifth Inflection by Gautam Bhatia Genre: Speculative Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5 Thoughts: A speculative fiction that exposes the perversity of punitive justice and the politically expedient stories we tell as “history.”

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Gautam Bhatia @gautambhatia88.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

💚💚💚 So delighted, and a warm congratulations to all other winners and nominees. Thank you also to Alter Mag for commissioning a long-form essay on the history of Indian SF as the debut piece in their magazine. It’s available to read for free here: altermag.com/articles/the...

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The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction.

Before Asimov, there was Rokeya.

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Nick Lloyd @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The Cable Street battle, Jewish London East End #OnThisDay 4 Oct 1936 with their banner explicitly adapting the antifascist slogan of the defence of Madrid "NO PASARÁN." They shall not pass. Many that day who fought against police who allowed the fascist march then came to Spain

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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The #2026IgnyteAwards for Creative Nonfiction recognizes works related to the field of speculative fiction. Congratulations to @gautambhatia88.bsky.social and THE SECRET HISTORY OF INDIAN SCIENCE FICTION

2026 Ignyte Award winner for Outstanding Creative Nonfiction: The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction

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Gautam Bhatia @gautambhatia88.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Now here’s a kind of book I’ve never read before: Palestinian gothic horror, set in Haifa, and explicitly about the ‘48 Nakba and its consequences.

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Gautam Bhatia @gautambhatia88.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

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The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction.

Before Asimov, there was Rokeya.

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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I can vouch for Archita, a fellow writer in Kolkata who's sick & struggling with costs to support her mother through cancer treatment. Chemo is degrading her mother's blood cells, & she urgently needs expensive transfusions, & might need them every time. Please share & donate, Archita's all alone:

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Gautam Bhatia @gautambhatia88.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Reading Jeremy Scahill’s new investigation of the US massacre of 160 schoolkids at Minab and thinking about the “veterans at Worldcon.” www.dropsitenews.com/p/minab-scho...

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Wole Talabi | Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY @wtalabi.com · 29/09/2026

Hey US friends! Want to read a novel that's kinda Nigerian John Wick meets Arrival by way of The Three Body Problem, Or what you'd get if Carl Sagan's Contact and Ghost Dog: The Way Of The Samurai had a very African baby? I've got you. Win a free copy here: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

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Book giveaway for The Fist of Memory by Wole Talabi Sep 26-Oct 26, 2026

Enter to win one of 10 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Sep 26-Oct 26, 2026. We're giving away 10 copies of a unique and philosophical sci-fi t...

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Elias Eells- Bar Cart Bookshelf @eliaseells.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It’s Mailbag Monday! This week we have heists planned by dragons, future trials, & ape men of an earlier age, horror in the hollows of the earth, strange magic, thrillers on the edge of reality, and the quests of corvids. I can’t wait to read & I can’t wait to share with all of you. What looks good?

[A stack of books in golden nighttime porch light (bottom to top): KA by John Crowley, THE DEATH AND BIRTH OF ILIANA MAREK by David Liss, IN HER EXQUISITE CLUTCHES by Auston Habershaw, OF THE APES by Steven Erikson, THE FIFTH INFLECTION by Gautam Bhatia, MAGIC FOR BEGINNERS by Kelly Link, UNEARTHED ed. Dan Coxon and Philip Fracassi]

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Gautam Bhatia @gautambhatia88.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Look at this bland description of the atrocious and criminal Vietnam War by a guy who participated it and thinks he did a great thing - on File 770 and in the context of WorldCon. SFF continues to have a very serious imperialism problem. file770.com/francis-hami...

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Francis Hamit: Worldcon Future War Panel Tests Fans’ Imaginations

By Francis Hamit:Near Future Warfare: Robots, AI, and Space Lasers! Monday, August 31, 2026 — 12:00Panelists: Alex Gurevich Bob Hranek G. David Nordley Henry Herz (moderator) J. L. Doty Auton…

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Gautam Bhatia @gautambhatia88.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Finally taking the plunge and trying an author I’ve long been intimidated by.

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Gautam Bhatia @gautambhatia88.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Turned 38 in the best possible way: finished Draft No. 4 of Novel No. 4, and then came down to the sea.

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Gautam Bhatia @gautambhatia88.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It’s the third Monday of the month, so here’s a new issue of the Words for Worlds newsletter! gautambhatia.substack.com/p/words-for-... feat. an update on writing, a Joanna Russ double-act, recommendations, and more. As always, remember to subscribe if you’d like this in your inbox fortnightly!

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Words for Worlds - Issue 132

Hello everyone, and welcome to another issue of the Words for Worlds newsletter.

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Gautam Bhatia @gautambhatia88.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

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Words for Worlds - Issue 132

Hello everyone, and welcome to another issue of the Words for Worlds newsletter.

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HiddenScifi.com @hiddenscifi.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Gautam Bhatia’s The Fifth Inflection gets a U.S. edition Feb. 16, 2027. A law student has one week to prove an assassin’s innocence before his century in cryostasis ends in execution. www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-… #SciFi #Books

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The Fifth Inflection

Gautam Bhatia’s Ignyte Award-winning science-fiction novel reaches the U.S. on February 16, 2027.

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Gautam Bhatia @gautambhatia88.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

At the ripe old age of 37, finally picked up my first Greg Bear collection. Quite ambivalent about some of the stories (including a couple of the more famous ones), but I unreservedly loved this tender little gem about a robot reviewing another robot’s novel.

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Gautam Bhatia @gautambhatia88.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Today we had the 46th monthly meeting of the Delhi Science Fiction Reading Circle. It was a Joanna Russ double-header: We Who Are About To and The Female Man. An intense discussion on how form and content interact with politics/gender in her writing.

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لاوان @lauan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Rest in Peace, Elaine Mokhtefi (1928-2026)

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Gautam Bhatia @gautambhatia88.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This book left me wildly disoriented.

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Nick Lloyd @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Football match at ground of Europa, Barcelona's third or fourth team (with Sant Andreu), then and now. Here in front of the Sagrada Familia in 1915. By Frederic Juandó Alegret.

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Gautam Bhatia @gautambhatia88.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Curating a 6-book SFF book box + book club with Champaca Books. In our first meeting, we had two seemingly dissimilar books - @aptshadow.bsky.social’s Children of Ruin and @byzantienne.bsky.social’s Memory Called Empire - but once it began, people brought out all kinds of fascinating overlaps.

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Gautam Bhatia @gautambhatia88.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

As always, remember to subscribe if you’d like this in your inbox fortnightly!

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Gautam Bhatia @gautambhatia88.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

It’s the first Monday of the month, so here is a new issue of the Words for Worlds newsletter! gautambhatia.substack.com/p/words-for-... feat. a review of @aptshadow.bsky.social’s Green City Wars, new Indian SFF, and more.

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Words for Worlds - Issue 131

Hello everyone, and welcome to another issue of the Words for Worlds newsletter!

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S.L.Johnson @sljohnson.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

here are some of the inspiring voices that will be participating in Sydney’s inaugural Spec Fic focused Writercon, 11-13 September. Tickets available on Sydney Fringe. Please share! sydneyfringe.com/events/consy...

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