Microserfs: A Novel | 
I‘m taking night courses in high school math (functions and calculus, which I did not take at the time because I was more of a humanities student) and supplementing the lessons with my BF‘s Grade 11 textbook. The section on perfect squares reminded me of a facsimile of AOL chat room dialogue from Douglas Coupland‘s « Microserfs » because I am a NERD ??
pickThis is one of my all-time favourite books. It is a time capsule; I first read this as a preteen, so reading this now brings back my old self. The technology feels cutting edge for the story but so dated for the present. And yet it still feels like yesterday. It‘s weird and funny and nerdy and oddly heartwarming.
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Three of my favourite books:
💾 Microserfs, by Douglas Coupland
🌙 The Watch That Ends the Night, by Hugh Maclennan
🤓 Starter for Ten, by David Nicholls
pickLoved this book. Read it in a B&B in Brighton when it was raining for days on end.
This is one of my favourite books. I knew there was a Gary Numan reference in it somewhere!
#nuyear day 2: Cars
pickHoly moly this was incredible. Surprisingly moving at times, funny, experimental yet still coherent. Microserfs captures the difficulties of making human connection in the age of computers while simultaneously depicting the tenderness shared between a group of coding nerds and their families. Favourite characters include Bug, Dan, and Susan, who're all at times absurd but loveable, like friends you meet in University.
Two Douglas Coupland books with a workplace setting. Microserfs is one of my all-time favourite books. I prefer the cover of JPod though. It is more reminiscent of the cover of my dad's copy of Microserfs, which has a Lego man on the cover and which I've beaten up from reading so much 😬
#feistyfeb
130 km bus ride to work is perfect for reading.
#booknerdproblems
#photoadaynov16
If you like (or, as I do, love) "Silicon Valley," I recommend Douglas Coupland's hilarious novel, "Microserfs," a snapshot of the tech industry in the early 90s, pre-bubble, pre-internet. Perhaps pair this with an episode of "Halt and Catch Fire" to straddle another decade of coding. Coupland shadowed Microsoft employees for months to research this and referred to it as his "Gorillas in the Mist." Poignant, surprisingly touching. #funfridayphoto
If you like (or, as I do, love) "Silicon Valley," I recommend Douglas Coupland's hilarious novel, "Microserfs," a snapshot of the tech industry in the early 90s, pre-bubble, pre-internet. Perhaps pair this with an episode of "Halt and Catch Fire" to straddle another decade of coding. Coupland shadowed Microsoft employees for months to research this and referred to it as his "Gorillas in the Mist." Poignant surprisingly touching. #fridayfunphoto
This is my "bookish squad" pick for #augustofpages. I was about 11 or 12 and borrowed this book from my dad because of the Lego man on the cover. Today the adventures of Dan, Karla, Susan, Abe, Bug Barbecue, Todd, Michael, and the rest make for one of my favourite books of all time.
Cover from Goodreads.
Douglas Coupland is my favorite 🇨🇦 Canadian 🇨🇦 author. Beginning with Shampoo Planet, the Generation X, and Microserfs, his work has been pivotal to me as a person. I've always been proud that he coined the name for my generation. I adore him forever.
pickI never expected to even like this... It quickly became my favourite Coupland novel and I love revisiting it. One of his less popular novels but if you're thinking of reading it - DO IT!
