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The study explores the prolific first decade and a half of coupland. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Coupland was born on december 30, 1961, at royal canadian air force base rcaf station badensoellingen later cfb badensoellingen in badensollingen, west germany, the second of four sons to douglas charles thomas coupland, a medical officer in the royal canadian air force, and homemaker c. Tales for an accelerated culture, published in 1991, is the first novel by douglas coupland. Generation x has been nominated for canada reads 2010. The novel popularized the term generation x, and is a framed narrative, in which a group of youths.
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Tales for an accelerated culture written by douglas coupland which was published in 1991. His first novel was the 1991 international bestseller generation x. He is the author of the international bestsellers generation x and jpod, and nine other novels, including the gum thief, hey nostradamus. Douglas coupland born december 30, 1961 is a canadian novelist. He has published 14 novels, two collections of short stories, eight nonfiction books, and a number of more about douglas coupland. Read generation x tales for an accelerated culture by douglas coupland available from rakuten kobo. Generation a book by douglas coupland official publisher. It explores new ways of storytelling in a digital world. Douglas coupland oc obc born 1961 is a canadian novelist and artist. The first edition of the novel was published in 2007, and was written by douglas coupland. Generation a mirrors couplands debut novel, 1991s generation x. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book.
Tales for an accelerated culture by coupland, douglas. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading generation a. Tales for an accelerated culture, popularized terms such as mcjob and generation x. It takes place in a near future, in a world in which bees have become extinct.
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