Jpod is, remarkably, the geekculture chronicler douglas couplands ninth novel since his 1991 debut, generation x. Couplands previous novels are intertwined with references to the pop culture he has made his own. Jpods universe is amoral, shameless, and dizzyingly fastpaced like our own. Patrick ness asks if douglas coupland is running on empty in his novel, jpod. His novels include generation x, microserfs, all families are psychotic, hey nostradamus. Vanity fair synopsis ethan and his five coworkers are marooned in jpod, a noescape architectural limbo on the fringes of a massive gamedesign company. Jpod is without a doubt his strongest, bestobserved novel since microserfs. Douglas coupland is a novelist who also works in visual arts and theatre. Set in 2005, the book explores the strange and unconventional everyday life of the main character, ethan jarlewski, and his team of video game programmers whose last names all begin with the letter j. However, when on form, he is possibly the most gifted exegete of north. It is a work in which his familiar misgivings about life on the. Set in 2005, the book explores the strange and unconventional.
He is the author of the international bestsellers generation a and jpod, and nine other novels, among them the gum thief, hey nostradamus. Jpod, douglas couplands most acclaimed novel to date, is a lethal joyride in. Douglas coupland is a novelist who also work in visual arts and theater. Tales for an accelerated culture, and the gum thief, and more on. But perhaps jpod is couplands first truly postmodern novel. Jpod by douglas coupland 2006, hardcover for sale online.
The guardian uk coupland explores the landscape of our rapidly globalizing culture like a tourist armed with a digital camera and a limitless memory card, taking snapshots of everything that catches his eye. See all books authored by douglas coupland, including generation x. Jpod by douglas coupland and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. His novels include generation x, all families are psychotic, hey nostradamus. The website of canadian author and artist douglas coupland. It begins with, among other things, a page and a half of dollar signs and then a whole page of the words ramen noodles. Jpod, douglas couplands most acclaimed novel to date, is a lethal joyride into todays new breed of tech worker.
Douglas coupland is neither a master of plot, nor of characterisation. Zeitgeist surfer douglas coupland downloads his brain into jpod. Douglas coupland was born on a nato base in germany in 1961. Couplands cultural namedropping is predictable ikea, the drudge report, etc. Jpod, douglas couplands fifth novel, is being positioned as a return to the territory of microserfs 1995, his second. But in every way jpod is a bigger, more elaborate version of his previous work. Ethan jarlewski and five coworkers whose surnames begin with j are bureaucratically marooned in jpod, a noescape architectural limbo on the fringes of a massive vancouver game design company. Jpod is a novel by douglas coupland published by random house of canada in 2006. Jpod by douglas coupland penguin random house canada. Douglas coupland books list of books by author douglas.
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