@booklet {11244, title = {Afterland}, year = {2020}, note = {

An excerpt was published in The Johannesburg Review of Books 4.4 (April 2020). [The JRB Daily] [Exclusive] \‘A notice at the cash register with a sad-face emoji reads, \“Sorry! Hand Sanitizer Sold Out!\”\’\—Read an excerpt from Lauren Beukes\’s prescient new novel Afterland \– The Johannesburg Review of Books.

}, month = {2020}, pages = {411 pp}, publisher = {Mulholland Books}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

The novel is set in a future in which very few males are born and a mother and her young son, disguised as her daughter, travel across America, fleeing all those who would use him for their own purposes.

}, keywords = {Female author, South African author}, isbn = {978-0-316-26783-0}, author = {Lauren [Ann] Beukes (b. 1976)} } @booklet {11288, title = {Un-Girls}, year = {2019}, note = {

An excerpt was published in The Johannesburg Review of Books 3.7 (July 2019). [The JRB exclusive] Read an excerpt from Ungirls, a new disturbing and provocative story by Lauren Beukes [Plus: Sample the audiobook] \– The Johannesburg Review of Books.

}, month = {2019}, publisher = {Amazon Original Stories}, address = {Seattle, WA}, abstract = {

Set in a future South Africa, the novella follows a number of individuals, men and women, gay and straight, black and white. In one story line, laboratory grown meat is fashioned into extremely beautiful women, designed to the purchaser\’s preference, and programmed to provide pleasure. Another story line focuses on a popular lecturer pushing the line that empowered women are undermining masculinity. Others follow female and male sex workers.

}, keywords = {Female author, South African author}, author = {Lauren [Ann] Beukes (b. 1976)} } @booklet {10983, title = {{\textquotedblleft}{\textquoteleft}Patriot Points{\textquoteright}: You may qualify for huge discounts, TSA Precheck approval, and more!{\textquotedblright}}, howpublished = {Slate Magazine as part of its Trump Story Project. https://slate.com/tag/trump-story-project}, year = {2017}, month = {February 14, 2017}, pages = {EJournal}, abstract = {

The story consists of the questionnaire to fill out to achieve \“Patriot Points,\” which characterizes the dystopia being created.\ 

}, keywords = {Female author, South African author}, url = {https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2017/02/patriot-points-by-lauren-beukes-in-the-trump-story-project.html}, author = {Lauren [Ann] Beukes (b. 1976)}, editor = {Ben[jamin Allen] H. Winters (b. 1976)} } @booklet {6310, title = {Zoo City}, year = {2010}, note = {

Rpt. London: Angry Robot, 2010.

}, month = {2010}, publisher = {Jacana Media}, address = {Auckland Park, South Africa}, abstract = {

Dystopia of a collapsed South Africa.\ In an interview published in\ Locus\ 74.1 (648) (January 2015): 48, the author has called it an \“apartheid allegory\”.

}, keywords = {Female author, South African author}, author = {Lauren [Ann] Beukes (b. 1976)} } @booklet {6046, title = {Moxyland}, year = {2008}, note = {

Rpt. London: Angry Robot, 2009.

}, month = {2008}, publisher = {Jacana Media}, address = {Auckland Park, South Africa}, abstract = {

Dystopia of corporate control set in Cape Town, South Africa in 2018.\ In an interview published in\ Locus\ 74.1 (648) (January 2015): 48, the author has called it an \“apartheid allegory\”.\ 

}, keywords = {Female author, South African author}, author = {Lauren [Ann] Beukes (b. 1976)} }