- Electronic games industry in fiction, Bureaucracy, Geeks (Computer enthusiasts), Electronic games industry
Very evil ... Very funny. A lethal joyride into today's new breed of techno geeks, Coupland's forthcoming novel updates Microserfsfor the age of Google.
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Contemporary, cool, comic and classical in form.
- contemporarynostalgic
- cooloverwhelming
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
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- Author
- Douglas Coupland
- First published
- 2006
- Pages
- 516
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing USA, Random House Canada, Bloomsbury UK
- Editions
- 20
- Language
- English, Spanish, Swedish, Dutch
- ISBN
- 9782846262217
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Douglas Coupland is a Canadian novelist. His fiction is complemented by recognized works in design and visual art arising from his early formal training. His first novel, the 1991 international bestseller *Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture*, popularized terms such as McJob and Generation X. He has published thirteen novels, a collection of short stories, seven non-fiction books, and a number of dramatic works and screenplays for film and television. A specific feature of Coupland's novels is their synthesis of postmodern religion, Web 2.0 technology, human sexuality, and pop culture. Coupland currently lives in Vancouver, British Columbia with his partner David Weir. He publishe
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