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Okay, so report cards are now over. YEAHHHHHH!!!!!

So I can get back to reading.

And to celebrate, I read Generation X by Douglas Coupland. I bought this book a while a go, but never got around to reading it.

Now I am a fan of Coupland, who is a bit of the Wunderkind meets Enfant Terrible of Canadian publishing. He burst on the scene with Generation X in 1991.

Generation X is the disjointed tale of Andy and his friends Dag and Claire, all Gen Xers, all in dead end jobs, all rejecting the world their parents made. This book is not a traditional flowing narrative, but rather a series of vignettes about the lives of those born between 1964 and 1980. Also in the book is a glossary that inhabits the margins of the pages. Coupland gives his definition of made up terms, like Semi-Disposable Scandinavian Furniture. Interestingly enough, Coupland didn’t invent the term Generation X, but he did popularize it with this novel.

This is a great book, but it is not an easy read. I do recommend it. Then go read Microserfs, J-Pod and Hey Nosradamus!