barney_rebel Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 Reading: Generation X JPod Will be reading: Hey Nostrodamus Girlfriend in Coma Microserfs Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inkanta Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 Generation X -- I heard during a talk on generations last year that Copeland meant for the title to be pronounced "Ten" - roman numeral ten--the 10th major generation studied--but that the media interpreted it as the letter "x" and thus an entire generation was named. Or mis-named. I haven't been able to verify this information any other place, and wonder if Copeland has ever addressed the issue. ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barney_rebel Posted April 19, 2007 Author Share Posted April 19, 2007 I am just about finished "Hey Nostradaumus!" What a bizarre, but awesome story! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Test4VitalSigns Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 QUOTE (barney_rebel @ Apr 19 2007, 12:15 PM) I am just about finished "Hey Nostradaumus!" What a bizarre, but awesome story! Pretty interesting timing on reading that one considering it's about a school massacre... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney's Alter Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 QUOTE (Test4VitalSigns @ Apr 19 2007, 11:33 AM) QUOTE (barney_rebel @ Apr 19 2007, 12:15 PM) I am just about finished "Hey Nostradaumus!" What a bizarre, but awesome story! Pretty interesting timing on reading that one considering it's about a school massacre... Honestly made me want to finish this book even faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmondy Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 Read: Shampoo Planet Generation X Life After God Girlfriend in a Coma Microserfs JPod: A Novel Liked Microserfs the best, Girlfriend in a Coma was thought proking and a really good read.. Did NOT like Jpod! WAY too much expectation after reading Microserfs. Found Jpod to be a real let down. Whereas I read Microserfs several times over the years. Do not see myself rereading Jpod! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney's Alter Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 QUOTE (edmondy @ Apr 19 2007, 08:55 PM) Read: Shampoo Planet Generation X Life After God Girlfriend in a Coma Microserfs JPod: A Novel Liked Microserfs the best, Girlfriend in a Coma was thought proking and a really good read.. Did NOT like Jpod! WAY too much expectation after reading Microserfs. Found Jpod to be a real let down. Whereas I read Microserfs several times over the years. Do not see myself rereading Jpod! I bought JPod because it sounded good, but after skimming through it, it didn't look that great. I'll start it next though. The 400+ pages is deceiving... a lot of graphics and big fonts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmondy Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 If you haven't read Microserfs. I would get it and read it. VERY VERY funny and a great read! Plus you can get it for a very good price now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney's Alter Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 QUOTE (edmondy @ Apr 19 2007, 09:03 PM) If you haven't read Microserfs. I would get it and read it. VERY VERY funny and a great read! Plus you can get it for a very good price now. Yeah gonna borrow it from my brother. I also have his Terry Fox and Souvenir of Canada books. I haven't read them yet though. The Terry Fox book has a Rush mention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godeater2112 Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 I would agree with those that highly recommend Microserfs. I also vastly enjoyed "All Families are Psychotic". The ones I read are: Microserfs Generation X Souvenir of Canada All Families are Psychotic It's been a while I'll have to pick up one of his newer ones. I also met him at a reading / book singing at the National Archives of Canada a couple years back and he's a really nice guy and AMAZING reader. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barney_rebel Posted May 24, 2007 Author Share Posted May 24, 2007 Just finished Girlfriend in a Coma (what a bizarre story). Gonna start JPod after I finish Huxley's Brave New World, along with a few non-fiction books I'm reading Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barney_rebel Posted January 7, 2008 Author Share Posted January 7, 2008 TV show on CBC will be based on JPod http://www.cbc.ca/jpod/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barney_rebel Posted January 8, 2008 Author Share Posted January 8, 2008 He's interviewed on The Hour now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bard Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 (edited) Coupland's the watermark for dramatic Gen X writers....him and Ellis and Mcinerney. Gen X was his magnum opus. Hard to live down the success of a first novel like that. Jpod was his worst. Yuck. All Families Psychotic, Microserfs, Shampoo Planet, Polaroids from the Dead - very good stuff. Coma, Eleanor, Life after God and Wyoming - to a lesser degree. Finished his newest The Gum Thief a month or two ago. Best since Shampoo I think. Edited January 15, 2008 by Van Squalen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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