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This spring, Bloomsbury will publish Douglas Coupland's new novel, JPod, a read that Publishers Weekly has described as Microserfs 2.0 because of its workplace setting.
Learning about the forthcoming book, I realized that it's been awhile since I've dipped my toe in the pond that is Coupland. This lens was developed to help me catch up with the man -- and perhaps help you, too!
Introducing: Douglas Coupland.
The Best Bookmarks
Coupland online
- Coupland.com
- The author's official site includes articles, excerpts from novels and essays, a tour diary and a daily online magazine.
- The Coupland File
- An award-winning web site on the author
- Wikipedia: Douglas Coupland
- The collective profile concentrates on his background and bibliography
- The Bogus Tribute to Douglas Coupland
- This blog features "all the latest dirt, stories and news -- even before it becomes dirt, stories and news." It's been updated regularly since 2004!
News to Peruse
The man in the media
These are current headlines about Coupland, his work and related topics
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Conversing with Coupland
- Birnbaum v. Douglas Coupland
- "It's a good world when Americans and Canadians can still get along. In his first interview for TMN, Robert Birnbaum talks to author Douglas Coupland about Columbine, art projects, pus-bags, and that sexy country of sin up north."
- Interview with Douglas Coupland
- Alexander Laurence's 1994 interview opens with the sentence "Douglas Coupland is a lucid Canadian writer who loves nature." Good to know!
- January Interview: Douglas Coupland
- Linda Richards examines the author's love affair with the city of Vancouver.
- Close to the Edge
- "From the epoch-defining Generation X to his new work, Hey, Nostradamus!, novelist Douglas Coupland inhabits a world where the optimistic collides with the apocalyptic."
- From Fear to Eternity
- "Chris Mitchell emails Douglas Coupland about fame, the future and the problem with American chocolate."
- Submit Response: Douglas Coupland
- "Douglas Coupland writes books about the weirdness of modern culture and the effect of technology on relationships. ... We talked to him about coincidence, change, and how strange R. Crumb's upbringing was."
- Hey Douglas Coupland!
- "In September 2003, Brian Draper interviewed Douglas Coupland about his latest novel, Hey Nostradamus!. This text was first published in Church Times on 23/9/03."
- Generation next
- He's the prolific artist turned bestselling writer who's given us Generation X, the horror of McJobs, and the first intimations of a world rewired by hackers and slackers. Here, circling slowly 500ft above Vancouver, Douglas Coupland tells Euan Ferguson how we each have an internet alter ego, why irony is America's last hope and why he worries about the lonely lives of sea containers
- Things I've Learned from Touring
- Douglas Coupland shares some experiences from book tours in Germany and Australia.
Copping Coupland
A YouTube video of the author in action -- almost
curated content from YouTube
What You Need to Read
What Coupland has written
Eleanor Rigby: A Novel
Amazon Price: (as of 12/01/2009) 
Used Price: $0.01
Terry: Terry Fox and His Marathon of Hope
Amazon Price: $17.21 (as of 12/01/2009)
Used Price: $5.49
Souvenir of Canada
Amazon Price: $17.79 (as of 12/01/2009)
Used Price: $3.14
Souvenir of Canada 2
Amazon Price: $15.61 (as of 12/01/2009)
Used Price: $2.80
Hey Nostradamus! : A Novel
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Girlfriend in a Coma
Amazon Price: (as of 12/01/2009)
Used Price: $0.01
Microserfs
Amazon Price: (as of 12/01/2009)
Used Price: $1.90
Miss Wyoming
Amazon Price: (as of 12/01/2009)
Used Price: $2.20
City of Glass: Doug Coupland's Vancouver
Amazon Price: (as of 12/01/2009)
Used Price: $2.75
School Spirit
Amazon Price: $29.95 (as of 12/01/2009)
Used Price: $4.04
All Families are Psychotic: A Novel
Amazon Price: $11.21 (as of 12/01/2009)
Used Price: $0.01
Life After God
Amazon Price: (as of 12/01/2009)
Used Price: $3.80
Shampoo Planet
Amazon Price: (as of 12/01/2009)
Used Price: $4.84
Lara's Book--Lara Croft and the Tomb Raider Phenomenon
Amazon Price: (as of 12/01/2009)
Used Price: $0.67
Polaroids from the Dead
Amazon Price: $13.56 (as of 12/01/2009)
Used Price: $0.01
Microserfs
Amazon Price: (as of 12/01/2009)
Used Price: $0.01
Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture
Amazon Price: $10.85 (as of 12/01/2009)
Used Price: $0.01
Additional Authors
Other related writers
- Jay McInerney
- Like Coupland's Generation X, McInerney's Bright Lights, Big City helped define a generation -- and somewhat pigeonhole the author.
- Douglas Rushkoff
- Similarly academinc at times, Rushkoff's primary connection might be found in Exit Strategy. Strike that: Rushkoff edited The GenX Reader!
- Jim Munroe
- And not just because he's Canadian.
Other Books of Interest
You might also like these titles
Beemer: A Novel
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Lucky Wander Boy
Amazon Price: (as of 12/01/2009)
Used Price: $0.25
Bear v. Shark: The Novel
Amazon Price: $16.15 (as of 12/01/2009)
Used Price: $5.23
Recommended Lenses
Similar pages in Squidoo
- Lunar Park
- Bret Easton Ellis's 2005 novel
- The Rules of Attraction
- Ellis's 1987 novel is also worth checking out
- Glamorama
- This novel by Ellis focuses on the fashion world
- The Informers
- A 1994 novel by Ellis
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- DaniGirl DaniGirl Aug 20, 2006 @ 9:40 am
- Ooo, great lens! Personally, I'd also add Nick Hornby and Will Ferguson to the "if you like Douglas Coupland, you'll also like..." module.
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- Not at all, Damon! Thank you. And Arend-Jan, I'll be sure to check out your lens. In fact, having checked it out, consider it lensrolled!
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- Arend-Jan Arend-Jan Jun 13, 2006 @ 4:40 am
- I love Douglas Coupland! I've added you on my lensroll on my Personal Picks lens. There I discuss my favourite books, and Generation X is one of them! You may want to check my Lens on books and see if I list anything you might find worthwhile reading.
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