"Dystopia, Climate Fiction, and Globalisation: Reading Rajat Chaudhuri’s The Butterfly Effect"
Notice about Calcutta Book launch in Anandabazar Patrika (25th September)
(Some event photos are also available on the Videos and Images page)
Readings and discussions about the book at Sahitya Akademi (National Academy of Letters), Delhi, India. Video at Sahitya Akademi Youtube channel.
Calcutta Book Launch by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay followed by a panel discussion on Speculative Fiction and the Stories of our Times with Dr. Sanjukta Dasgupta (former Dean and Head of English Dept, Calcutta University), Chandril Bhattacharya (Columnist) and Dr. Priyadarshi Basu (Geneticist) Videos of the event.
Ratings,Honours and more
Listed as a YA Cli-Fi (climate change fiction) read by the global Earth Day Network.
Rated among Top 8 in Science Fiction (Editor's Picks) for December (2018) and also Best of the Month on Amazon India. Images below.
Listed 50 Must-Read Eco Disasters by Book Riot.
Listed in Around the World in 80 Books: A Guide to Ecological and Climate Themes in Fiction.
Rated Best (book) of the Month in October 2018 on Amazon India. (Very Best in Fiction) Images below.
Rated Best of the Month in November 2018 on Amazon India and included in Editor's Picks under Science Fiction and other Categories) Images below.
The Butterfly Effect is a Book on the Delhi Metro
Clippings and Screenshots
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A Best of October 2018 book on Amazon |
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Notice about Calcutta book launch in ABP |
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Best of November |
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Editor's Picks Science Fiction (November) |
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Editor's Picks SFF (November) |
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Eco-fiction and Dragionfly website spotlight |
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Book review screenshot from Bengaluru Review Books on the Delhi metro |
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Top 8 Sci-fi December 2018 |
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Best of Month, December 2018 |
The Butterfly Effect talk and reading by Rajat Chaudhuri at Museum of Science Fiction (May 2019) |
Rajat Chaudhuri at a Book reading, talk and panel, Museum of Science Fiction, Wahington D.C. (May 2019) |
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Rajat Chaudhuri at Museum of Science Fiction, Washington D.C.(May 2019) |
Rajat Chaudhuri speaks at George Washington University, Washington D.C.(May 2019) |
Rajat Chaudhuri speaks at George Washington University(May 2019) |
Rajat Chaudhuri speaks at George Washington University (May 2019) |