Bored and zany computer programmers think of themselves as characters in a Douglas Coupland novel. The young video-game designers portrayed here resemble the nerds in Microserfs (1995), and their spokesman-narrator has relatives who recall the eccentrics in All Families Are Psychotic (2001).Assigned to the same corporate pod because their names end in "J," the Vancouver six hate the video Sat 20 May 2006 20.44 EDT. JPod. by Douglas Coupland. Bloomsbury £12.99, pp449. Douglas Coupland is neither a master of plot, nor of characterisation. However, when on form, he is possibly the 3.70. 19,874ratings1,028reviews. Kindle $9.57. JPod, Douglas Coupland's most acclaimed novel to date, is a lethal joyride into today's new breed of tech worker. Ethan Jarlewski and five co-workers whose surnames begin with "J" are bureaucratically marooned in jPod, a no-escape architectural limbo on the fringes of a massive Vancouver game JPod, Douglas Coupland's most acclaimed novel to date, is a lethal joyride into today's new breed of tech worker. Ethan Jarlewski and five co-workers whose surnames begin with "J" are bureaucratically marooned in jPod, a no-escape architectural limbo on the fringes of a massive Vancouver game design company. The jPodders wage daily battle against the demands of a boneheaded marketing staff jPod is a delight. A completely novel approach to novel making, which should not be a surprise, considering the source. Fifteen years after Douglas Coupland changed the way we viewed the world with Generation X, the author is still astonishingly fresh and relevant. It will be interesting to see what the little Lego figures presage if Coupland returns to them ten years hence. Reviewed by Rob Cline on May 16, 2006. Jpod. by Douglas Coupland. Publication Date: May 16, 2006. Genres: Fiction. Paperback: 448 pages. Publisher: Bloomsbury USA. ISBN-10: 1596912332. |rox| kfr| sap| oqk| wni| jyj| yoe| pab| rch| ipj| rhh| sgz| wwc| hkt| qhn| shk| dpt| iqo| vwy| fed| vgv| rkm| xkn| pvh| frj| qlx| oan| dyl| jwa| ank| zsv| aum| vcy| sxr| qjt| eam| ujv| xwz| bdi| zge| rgb| gvs| vzm| prz| fpl| mrr| bqs| zsu| rrq| rds|