Re: Generation X anyone?
Camille Scaysbrook (verona_beach@geocities.com)
Fri, 06 Nov 1998 23:09:18 +1100
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> From: helena kim <helena@apollo.netsoc.tcd.ie>
> To: bananafish@lists.nyu.edu
I'm personally very fond of Coupland ... his full length novels are great
but his short fiction and non fiction varies from brilliant to very
mediocre. What do everyone else think about the whole `Salinger on acid'
comparison tho?
> > generation x anyone?
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> are you talking about the douglas coupland book, or the sunday times
> propagated phenomenon? or the billy idol band?
> that book never really 'spoke' to me anyway. much preferred 'microserfs'.
> it had a stronger narrative. i suppose that's why i prefer, say, rhtrc to
> s:ai. i like writing that has a strong plot/yarn. but that's just me.