Douglas Coupland, was born on a NATO base in Germany in 1961. He is the author of Eleanor Rigby, Hey Nostradamus!, All Families Are Psychotic, Microserfs and Generation X, among others. He is also a visual artist and sculptor, furniture designer and screenwriter, as well as the author of Souvenir of Canada and its sequel, Souvenir of Canada 2. His most recent book is Terry, the story of Terry Fox. He lives and works in Vancouver.
发表于2024-11-09
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Offer these nuggest from the introduction to his latest novel:
Life is a contest between you and everyone else.
Workshops and seminars are basically financial speed dating for clueless poor people.
TV and the Internet are good because they keep stupid people from spending too much time out in public.
You can't fake creativity, competence or sexual arousal.
Nobody has ever been happy in a job they obtained by first handing in a resume.
After a week of intense googling, we've starated to burn out on knowing the answer to everything. God must feel that way all the time. I thinkpeople in the year 2020 are going be nostalgic for the sensation of feeling clueless. -- pg. 248
I think computers out to have a key called I'M DRUNK, and when you push it, it prevents you from sending email for twelve hours. -- pg. 386
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评分My favourite line from the book is probably: Play Freecell and contribute nothing to the world but have fun doing it.
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评分无里头的喜剧. 很荒唐, 但又有点似是而非. 随便读读解闷.
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