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Vajra Chandrasekera

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Colombo, Sri Lanka

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Vajra Chandrasekera is from Colombo, Sri Lanka and is online at https://vajra.me. His debut novel The Saint of Bright Doors won the Nebula and Crawford awards, and was a New York Times Notable Book of 2023. His second novel Rakesfall is out in 2024. ...more

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The Saint of Bright Doors is a Le Guin Prize Finalist

Photo stolen from the Ursula K. Le Guin Foundation’s insta, showing the nominees in a beguiling stack.

Just got back from Readercon and from my prone-from-travel-exhaustion position, I am incredibly happy to announce that The Saint of Bright Doors picks up its seventh—SEVENTH!—award nomination by being shortlisted for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. The shortlist is stacked, as is already

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	The Saint of Bright Doors 3.71 avg rating — 2,652 ratings — published 2023 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rakesfall 3.47 avg rating — 172 ratings — published 2024 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When Leopard's-Bane Came to the Door of Third Heaven 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dharmas - On Being Undone by a Light Breeze (Future Fiction Book 12) by Vajra Chandrasekera (Goodreads Author), Guido Salto (Illustrator), Francesco Verso (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	El umbral y el dique 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	See the Elephant, Issue 4, Beyond Death by Vajra Chandrasekera (Goodreads Author), Dennis Danvers, Maria Haskins (Goodreads Author) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Les Portes de Lumière (Fantasy) by Vajra Chandrasekera (Goodreads Author), Olivier Debernard 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Warrior Review, Fall/Winter 2017, Issue 44.1 by Vajra Chandrasekera (Goodreads Author), Chekwube O. Danladi, Angela Pelster 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Every time I led him to the right place at the right time, I first quietly eliminated all the places and times that were wrong. Luck is only someone else’s labour.”
― Vajra Chandrasekera, The Saint of Bright Doors

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“Remember, son,” Mother-of-Glory says, compensating with pomposity for her deficits of piety or affection. “The only way to change the world is through intentional, directed violence.”
― Vajra Chandrasekera, The Saint of Bright Doors

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“That’s not how laws work, son,” she says. “A visible law is a ploy, a little play. A mummery in waiting, waiting for you to become interesting. Never give them a reason to care who you are.”
― Vajra Chandrasekera, The Saint of Bright Doors

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Preliminary poll: August 2024 SF

The Hydrogen Sonata by Iain M. Banks

15 votes, 39.5%

Binti: The Complete Trilogy by Nnedi Okorafor (omnibus of three novellas)

13 votes, 34.2%

The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei

9 votes, 23.7%

Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera

1 vote, 2.6%

38 total votes

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