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I really wanted to believe that there were these magic celestial bodies that would direct my life, tell me what to do, and it turns out it's not stars, it's some bits of screwy DNA. I'm just meat with faulty programming.

Lauren Beukes

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Lauren Beukes
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: June 5
Author
Journalist
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Johannesburg
Gauteng
South Africa
Celestial
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Programming
Tell
Meat
Body
Bodies
Wanted
Direct
Believe
Magic
Screwy
Really
Bits
Faulty
Would
Dna
Life
Stars

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