- Computer software industry, Employees, Fiction, Microsoft Corporation
Microserfs is an epistolary novel by Douglas Coupland. It first appeared in short story form as the cover article for the January 1994 issue of Wired magazine and was subsequently expanded to full novel length. Set in the early 1990s, it captures the state of the technology industry before Windows 95, and anticipates the dot-com bubble of the late 1990s. The novel is presented in the form of diary entries maintained on a PowerBook by the narrator, Daniel. Because of this, as well as its formatting and usage of emoticons, this novel is similar to what emerged a decade later as the blog format.
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- character-ledplot-driven
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- intimateepic
- effortlessdemanding
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About the book
- Author
- Douglas Coupland
- First published
- 1995
- Pages
- 384
- Publisher
- ReganBooks, Alianza Editorial, Samlerens Bogklub
- Editions
- 17
- Language
- Dutch, Italian, dan, Swedish
- ISBN
- 9788270948109
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“Esta mañana, justo después de las 11.00, Michael se ha encerrado en su despacho y no ha querido salir. Bill (¡Bill!) le ha metido una bronca de mil demonios por correo electrónico quejándose de un fragmento de código que había escrito.”
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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