Comments on: New Author Spotlight: Lauren Beukes http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2011/09/new_author_spotlight_lauren_beukes/ A science fiction blog featuring science fiction book reviews and with frequent ramblings on fantasy, computers and the web. Wed, 22 May 2013 14:02:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: spoon http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2011/09/new_author_spotlight_lauren_beukes/#comment-94716 spoon Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:53:58 +0000 http://beta.sfsignal.com/archives/2011/09/new_author_spotlight_lauren_beukes/#comment-94716 Both Moxyland and Zoo City are great books. Well worth reading by anybody, not just sci-fi fans.

]]> By: Paul (@princejvstin) http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2011/09/new_author_spotlight_lauren_beukes/#comment-94715 Paul (@princejvstin) Sat, 17 Sep 2011 13:50:43 +0000 http://beta.sfsignal.com/archives/2011/09/new_author_spotlight_lauren_beukes/#comment-94715 I’ve been chatting with Lauren a bit on twitter, and listening to podcasts and interviews. She comes off as charming, intelligent and interesting.

 

And thanks to the Hester effect, Zoo City is unread on my Kindle…

]]> By: Jard http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2011/09/new_author_spotlight_lauren_beukes/#comment-94714 Jard Sat, 17 Sep 2011 10:29:03 +0000 http://beta.sfsignal.com/archives/2011/09/new_author_spotlight_lauren_beukes/#comment-94714 Ms. Beukes has also won (and been nominated for) a ton of SF awards, including the Arthur C. Clarke, the Red Tentacle (she’s judging the Kitschies this year), the Campbell (shortlist), BSFA (shortlist), as well as several literary awards in South Africa.

She ain’t bad.

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