Microserfs
by Douglas Coupland
Taste attributes: comedydramarealisticlinearglossyemotive & stirringfish out of water/culture clashunlikely connectionsempowerment/personal growth
Boxlist takeA comic novel that sits near the middle on every taste dimension: nothing pushed to extremes.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.0 / 5
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About This Book
Microserfs is an epistolary novel by Douglas Coupland. It first appeared in short story form as the cover article for the January 1994 issue of Wired magazine and was subsequently expanded to full novel length. Set in the early 1990s, it captures the state of the technology industry before Windows 95, and anticipates the dot-com bubble of the late 1990s.
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- Author
- Douglas Coupland
- Published
- 1995
- Pages
- 384
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- Open Library
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