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Travel Destination: South Africa

Deadlands by Lily Herne

Welcome to the Deadlands, where life is a lottery. Since the apocalypse, Cape Town's suburbs have become zombie-infested, human survivors are protected from the living dead by sinister, shrouded figures - the Guardians. In return, five teenagers are 'chosen' and handed over to them for a mysterious purpose: this year, Lele de la Fontein's name is picked. But Lele will not stick around and face whatever shady fate the Guardians have in store for her. She escapes, willing to take her chances in the Deadlands. Alone, exiled and unable to return home, she runs into a misfit gang of renegade teens.

Crooks & Straights by Masha du Toit

Gia's brother Nico is different from other boys. And being different can be dangerous in Gia's world. Cape Town is no longer the haven for magical refugees that it once was. The Purists want to get rid of all magic and the newspapers are full of dreadful stories about the Belle Gente, the magical terrorists.

None of this concerns Gia, until the Special Branch Police who investigate the illegal use of magic come knocking at her door, looking for Nico. When Gia turns to her parents for help, she finds only more secrets. Then she realises that she was the one who put her brother in danger.

Nate plus One by Kevin van Whye

Boy plus boy. Two weeks in Johannesburg. A summer of music, adventure, self-discovery . . . and definitely not love. What could go wrong?

Nate needs a date to his cousin’s wedding. Jai is Nate’s best friend and secret crush. Could Jai be Nate’s plus-one—and only?

Moxyland by Lauren Beukes

following the lives of four narrators living in an alternative futuristic Cape Town, South Africa. Kendra, an art-school dropout, brands herself for a nanotech marketing program; Lerato, an ambitious AIDS baby, plots to defect from her corporate employers; Tendeka, a hot-headed activist, is becoming increasingly rabid; and Toby, a roguish blogger, discovers that the video games he plays for cash are much more than they seem. On a collision course that will rewire their lives completely.

When Morning Comes by Arushi Raina

Zanele is skipping school and secretly plotting against the apartheid government. The police can't know. Her mother and sister can't know. Her best friend Thabo, schoolboy turned gang member, can tell she's up to something. But he has troubles of his own—a deal gone wrong and some powerful enemies.

Across the bridge, in the wealthy white suburbs, Jack plans to spend his last days in Johannesburg burning miles on his beat-up Mustang—until he meets a girl with an unforgettable face from the simmering black township—Soweto. Working in her father's shop, Meena finds a packet of banned pamphlets. They lead to a mysterious black girl with a secret, a dangerous gangster with an expensive taste in clothes, and an engaging white boy who drives a battered red car.

A series of chance meetings changes everything, and sets of a chain of events that can’t be undone.

A series of chance meetings changes everything.

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The way your brain works it's always rewiring itself; the layers of association tangled up with different people and places recontextualized by new experiences. You can map out a whole city according to the weight of memory, like pins on the homicide board tracking the killer's movements. But the connections get thicker and denser and more complicated all the time.

Moxyland by Lauren Beukes

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just finished Moxyland by Lauren Beukes

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So if you’ve followed me for a while you’ll know that I’ve been making these kinda YouTube videos since about 2012! But a few days ago I decided to pluck up the courage and make this one public so please give it a watch / tell me if you laughed !!

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In August we’re reissuing two early novels by Lauren Beukes: Zoo City and Moxyland, both of them critical fantasy and scifi darlings. Head over to Goodreads for your chance to win free advance copies of both books.

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A belated happy birthday to the awesome Lauren Beukes

An internationally award-winning and bestselling South African writer Lauren Beukes's followed her first book, the non-fiction MAVERICK: EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN FROM SOUTH AFRICA'S PAST, with the novel MOXYLAND. Her next three novels, the Arthur C. Clarke Award-winner ZOO CITY, the British Fantasy Award-winner THE SHINING GIRLS, and BROKEN MONSTERS (2014) garnered Beukes overwhelming acclaim.

Her graphic novel work includes Vertigo’s SURVIVOR’S CLUB, the FABLES spin-off FAIREST, and Wonder Woman. Beukes’s nonfiction has been published in numerous magazines including THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, THE SUNDAY TIMES, MARIE CLAIRE, and ELLE.

Beukes's debut collection SLIPPING AND OTHER STORIES is coming this October from Tachyon.

All of us at Tachyon wish the sensational Lauren a happy birthday. May it not be filled with too many time travel conundrums.

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Wednesday Book Review: Moxyland

Wednesday Book Review: Moxyland

Title: Moxyland

Author: Lauren Beukes

Genre: Dystopian

Book procurement: Bought on Takealot.com.

Synopsis:

A frighteningly persuasive, high-tech fable, this novel follows the lives of four narrators living in an alternative futuristic Cape Town, South Africa. Kendra, an art-school dropout, brands herself for a nanotech marketing program; Lerato, an ambitious AIDS baby, plots to defect from her…

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