Samit Basu. Titan, $14.95 trade paper (358p) ISBN 978-1-78116-119-7
This superhero origin myth with a Bollywood vibe probably looked great in outline, but the overly meta effort provides only a flashy pop-culture backdrop against which very little happens. As passengers slept on a plane from London to India, their...
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Samit Basu. Titan, $14.95 trade paper (304p) ISBN 978-1-78116-249-1
Twelve exploit-packed years have passed since the events of Basu’s debut, Turbulence, which introduced the Unit of oddly endowed superheroes. A brisk, clever summary of those years launches this rowdy, ingenious sequel, which
improves upon the...
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Samit Basu. Tordotcom, $25.99 (256p) ISBN 978-1-250-82748-7
Basu (Resistance) delivers a lukewarm sci-fi tale that feels just as stuck as its main character, Joey, the best Reality Controller in a near-future Delhi. Joey works so hard managing and producing her Flowstars—a roster of virtual reality...
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Samit Basu. Tordotcom, $28.99 (416p) ISBN 978-1-250-82751-7
Bollywood meets a cyberpunk take on The Nutcracker in this action-packed frolic from Basu (The City Inside). Now “a planetwide symbol of decay, disrepair and decline,” the once sumptuous capital city Shantiport is ruled by the ineffectual Tiger Clan,
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