NMLP P-018663 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Zoo City

Lauren Beukes · Jacana Media (Johannesburg) and Angry Robot (UK), both 2010 · 2010

Precedence runs to the Jacana Media South African edition (June 2010), making it the true first; the UK Angry Robot paperback original is the widely collected international first and appeared close behind. Both are 2010. Winner of the 2011 Arthur C. Clarke Award (for works published in 2010).

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-018663 for "Zoo City" by Lauren Beukes (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-018663, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).