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Lauren Beukes
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born
June 05, 1976
in South Africa
gender
female
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influences
Alan Moore, David Mitchell, Margaret Atwood, Jonathan Lethem
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Zoo City
   3.70 avg rating — 1,268 ratings
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2010
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18 editions
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Moxyland
3.63 avg rating — 460 ratings
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2008
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15 editions
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Maverick: Extraordinary Women from South Africa's Past
3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings
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2005
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Pandemonium: Stories of the Apocalypse
by Jared Shurin, Anne C. Perry, Sophia McDougall, Kim Lakin-Smith 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings
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2011
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Home Away
by Louis Greenberg (Goodreads Author) , Kathryn White , Karina Magdalena Szczurek 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
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2010
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Further Conflicts
by Ian Whates , Dan Abnett (Goodreads Author), Tony Ballantyne 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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2011
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“I really wanted to believe that there were these magic celestial bodies that would direct my life, tell me what to do, and it turns out it's not stars, it's some bits of screwy DNA. I'm just meat with faulty programming.”
― Lauren Beukes, Zoo City
― Lauren Beukes, Zoo City
“So are you an inmate or a rubbernecker?" she asks.
"Rubbernecker," I answer without hesitation. "You?"
"I'm a screw. Or on staff, anyway. Used to be an inmate. Repeat offender. Crimes against my body. Puking sickness followed by heroin, which led to more puking sickness." I'd be surprised at her forthrightness, but that's addicts for you. The twelve steps crack 'em open and then they can't shut up.”
― Lauren Beukes, Zoo City
"Rubbernecker," I answer without hesitation. "You?"
"I'm a screw. Or on staff, anyway. Used to be an inmate. Repeat offender. Crimes against my body. Puking sickness followed by heroin, which led to more puking sickness." I'd be surprised at her forthrightness, but that's addicts for you. The twelve steps crack 'em open and then they can't shut up.”
― Lauren Beukes, Zoo City
Topics Mentioning This Author
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| South African Boo...: November Book of the month (SA theme) | 16 | 38 | Oct 12, 2009 07:04am | |
| South African Boo...: December Book of the month (SA theme) | 5 | 28 | Nov 10, 2009 02:21am | |
| College Students! : Fall/Winter Challenge: Official Record of Points | 45 | 523 | Dec 14, 2009 09:25am | |
| Everything Parano...: December Monthly challenge | 31 | 66 | Dec 30, 2009 03:50pm | |
| South African Boo...: December SA word challenge! | 10 | 19 | Dec 31, 2009 05:23am | |
| Romance Readers R...: December Monthly Challenge: Participants' List Thread | 314 | 236 | Jan 03, 2010 06:04am | |
| Paranormal Romanc...: December 2009 Reading Challenge | 881 | 921 | Jan 20, 2010 09:26am | |
| South African Boo...: Best South African writer | 10 | 72 | Jan 31, 2010 09:29pm | |
| The Seasonal Read...: Winter 2009-2010 Plans | 76 | 671 | Feb 13, 2010 06:13pm | |
| South African Boo...: The Patchwork Challenge (Suggestions) | 86 | 30 | Sep 06, 2010 12:10pm |
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