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Gautam Bhatia

@gautambhatia88.bsky.social

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Science Fiction. Constitutional Law. Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference. Fortnightly newsletter on SFF, Indian spec fiction, and books: https://gautambhatia.substack.com

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@solarisbooks.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 8:01 PMReposted by @gautambhatia88.bsky.social

🚨ICYMI ACQUISITION!🚨

'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 buff.ly/iV2Z5dy

Against an abstract red and blue background, the paperback cover for THE FIFTH INFLECTION by Gautam Bhatia.
@klaxoncomms.comOct 8, 2026, 2:48 AMReposted by @gautambhatia88.bsky.social

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!

@gautambhatia88.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 7:46 AM

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.

@gautambhatia88.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 11:54 AMReposted by @gautambhatia88.bsky.social

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

@gautambhatia88.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 5:16 PMReposted by @gautambhatia88.bsky.social

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.

@solarisbooks.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 10:13 AMReposted by @gautambhatia88.bsky.social

🚨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.
@renanbernardo.comOct 5, 2026, 11:50 PMReposted by @gautambhatia88.bsky.social

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...

@gautambhatia88.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 5:16 PM

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.

@indrapramitdas.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 4:06 PMReposted by @gautambhatia88.bsky.social

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.
@gautambhatia88.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 11:54 AM

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

@gautambhatia88.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 3:59 AM

💚💚💚💚

@xuetingni.bsky.socialSep 15, 2026, 9:20 AMReposted by @gautambhatia88.bsky.social

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-...

@ronnicareads.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 2:38 PMReposted by @gautambhatia88.bsky.social

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.”

The Fifth Inflection
@gautambhatia88.bsky.socialOct 3, 2026, 7:19 PMReposted by @gautambhatia88.bsky.social

💚💚💚 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...

@spaincivilwartours.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 7:21 AMReposted by @gautambhatia88.bsky.social

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

@gautambhatia88.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 5:43 AM

Thank you! And hope to share many more shortlists in the years to come!

@gautambhatia88.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 5:24 AM

The best of compliments!

@theignyteawards.bsky.socialOct 3, 2026, 4:37 PMReposted by @gautambhatia88.bsky.social

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
@gautambhatia88.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 2:32 AM

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.

@gautambhatia88.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 1:09 AM

That last sentence, tho.

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