Books by Douglas Coupland
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review 1: I understand what Coupland was trying to do with the structure of the book, but it's better in concept than execution. His fanboyism is also somewhat offputting. To be fair, though, it's something you know you're getting into with anyone writing on McLuhan in this generation, an...
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review 1: Unlike "Worst. Person. Ever" this is Coupland back at his roots, looking for the joy in human misery and the misery in our modern lives. Instead of looking at what our culture does to us, he investigates how we might see our culture when we reach the end of it. Ultimately, though...
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review 1: Marshall McLuhan knows why I love my car... " for the time-frayed the womb-like security of the limousine is beautiful because it promises pneumatic bliss." and “The car has become an article of dress without which we feel uncertain, unclad, and incomplete in the urban compound.”...
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review 1: To me, "Generation A" seems like a textbook example of a mediocre book written by an astoundingly smart author. It leaves little room for doubt that Douglas Coupland, is, indeed, an incredibly sharp and observant guy, as the book is constantly whirring with great, often very poig...
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review 1: An semi-apocolyptic drama that is light on drama but heavy on spirituality, religion and relationships.Not one of Coupland's best books but still an enjoyable read. The real-time situation combined with the mysterious incident that brings, and keeps, the five characters together...