Zoo City
by Lauren Beukes, Philibert-Caillat Laurent Beukes Lauren · first published 2010
43% recommend57% neutral
Zinzi has a talent for finding lost things. To save herself, she’s got to find the hardest thing of all: the truth. An astonishing second novel from the author of the highly-acclaimed Moxyland.
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Not the OP but I'd highly recommend "Zoo City" by Lauren Beukes. Brilliantly written, gritty, bonkers-but pulsating plot set in a grimy version of Johannesburg. Loved it.
on “YC’s Summer Reading” ↗…have not aged terribly well. I still like them, but they're from a certain context. Try Greg Egan's Permutation City; Bruce Sterling's Heavy Weather, Islands in the Net, or Holy Fire. Lauren Beukes, Zoo City. There are so, so many ... ;-)
on “Ask HN: Recommend a Good Sci-Fi Book” ↗Fantastic extension of the Humble Bundle concept. Good titles too, Old Man's War, Pump Six and Zoo City are all great books I've read recently.
on “Humble eBook Bundle” ↗…don't care for McKean's artwork. It took me a while of looking at the preview to realize I'd already read Signal-to-Noise. Forgettable. I haven't read: Cory Doctorow: Pirate Cinema Lauren Beukes: Zoo City Mercedes Lackey: Invasion Kelly Link: Stranger Things Happen Kelly Link: Magic for Beginners Although I own the Kelly Link books. Never got around to them. My wife liked Magic for Beginners.
on “Humble eBook Bundle” ↗Links to Amazon reviews for all the books: http://www.amazon.com/Pirate-Cinema-Cory-Doctorow/dp/0765329... http://www.amazon.com/Pump-Other-Stories-Paolo-Bacigalupi/dp... http://www.amazon.com/Zoo-City-Lauren-Beukes/dp/0857662163/ http://www.amazon.com/Invasion-Secret-World-Chronicle-Chroni... http://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Things-Happen-Kelly-Link/dp/1... http://www.amazon.com/Magic-Beginners-Kelly-Link/dp/01560318...…
on “Humble eBook Bundle” ↗…http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13539171-pirate-cinema (rating: 3.82) Pump Six and Other Stories by Paolo Bacigalupi – http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8503271-pump-six-and-othe... (rating: 4.11) Zoo City by Lauren Beukes – http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11351953-zoo-city (rating: 3.68) Invasion: Book One of the Secret World Chronicle by Mercedes Lackey – http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10824696-invasion…
on “Humble eBook Bundle” ↗…above amazon in quality (usually, not always) here are the links for GoodReads (ratings in brackets): Pump Six and Other Stories http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2819368-pump-six-and-othe... (4.11) Zoo City http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7163862-zoo-city (3.68) Invasion: The Secret World Chronicle http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1986356.Invasion (3.73) Stranger Things Happen http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66659.Stranger_Things_Hap...…
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