Okay, significantly more than a year away. But we’re two months away from the publication of The City Inside,
Which means I am in a state of general tension/anticipation/furniture-chewing. I’m trying to think of things that happened over the course of my year away from this newsletter, and, let’s see:
Finished another novel.
Had an Omicron to start the year. Lucky, wasn’t harsh.
War with pigeons continues.
Had a film option that I haven’t announced renewed. Another one I haven’t announced expired.
Wrote a story for UNICEF and Global Health Futures
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Interviewed David Mitchell for JLF
Learned a new publishing term - a pop chart. This is a pop chart, kids.
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![A graphic with a copy of The City Inside by Samit Basu in the center, followed by its ISBN and and pricing (Hardcover: $24.99/ $34.99 Can., Ebook: $13.99). Surrounding the book are other books/forms of media that describe the vibes of The City Inside. On the right, there are images of Altered Carbon, Ghost in the Shell, and Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. On the left, there are images of Severance by Ling Ma and Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi.](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fpbs.substack.com%2Fmedia%2FFN6GKdFXEAIwtIm.jpg)
Promo season is about to begin, which means I must emerge from my cave and be very upbeat
But there are things to be upbeat about!
The City Inside has been gathering some really exciting anticipated-books-of-2022 buzz, at places like Polygon, Book Riot, The Washington Post, Bookbub, The Portalist, tor.com , Lawyers Guns and Money, and Fantasy Book Critic
The City Inside links:
Shoutouts
Great news from Lavanya Lakshminarayan
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And Prashanth Srivatsa
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And Sharanya Manivannan
And SB Divya
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And Charlie Jane Anders
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And Malka Older
Here is a duck I enjoyed
I’ll be back soon! I mean it, I really will.
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