Douglas Coupland

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18631760.post-57257849588657212292008-02-23T08:00:00.002-06:002008-02-23T08:02:15.073-06:00Douglas Coupland<div align="justify">I believe <a href="http://www.coupland.com/">Douglas Coupland</a> is probably the greatest author of my generation - certainly my favorite born in the last 50 years. My wife and I just got through reading his latest book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Gum-Thief-Novel-Douglas-Coupland/dp/1596911069/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1202837294&sr=8-2">The Gum Thief</a>, and it's absolutely brilliant. His two best books, in my estimation, are <a href="http://www.amazon.com/All-Families-are-Psychotic-Novel/dp/1582342156/ref=pd_bbs_sr_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1202837330&sr=8-5">All Families are Psychotic</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/JPod-Novel-Douglas-Coupland/dp/B000NJ0R7E/ref=pd_bbs_10?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1202837352&sr=8-10">jPod</a>. The latter is now a TV series in Canada. If you're lucky enough to be a Canadian resident, you can watch the first few episodes <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/jpod/">here</a>.</div><div align="justify"> Noteworthy aside: When my wife and I figured out that only Canadians can watch Canadian TV shows on the Internet - duh! - we soon figured out that we're closer (driving distance) to Winnipeg than we are to New Orleans. Who says Kansas is in the middle of nowhere? Thus, it looks like we'll be doing a road trip when jPod comes out on DVD!!! 8^D</div><div align="justify"> Anyway, if you are a bonafide Gen-Xer, I am willing to bet you will thoroughly enjoy Coupland's work. Happy reading!</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18631760-5725784958865721229?l=10xtheblog.blogspot.com'/></div>Savanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13535396200050340965noreply@blogger.com0