Shelf-Pick is a book recommendation series by the Centre for Writing and Communication, Ashoka University. In this episode, we have Gautam Bhatia, Writer, Co-Ordinating Editor, Strange Horizons magazine. He shares his thoughts on some of his favourite Sci-Fi reads: "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula LeGuin, "The Mountain in the Sea" by Ray Nayler, "House of Suns" by Alastair Reynolds, "The Gollancz Book of South Asian Science Fiction" edited by Tarun K. Saint, "Ancillary Justice" by Ann Leckie, "Palestine +100: Stories from a Century After the Nakba" edited by Basma Ghalayini and "Red Dust" by Yoss.