Microserfs
Description
They are Microserfs?six code-crunching computer whizzes who spend upward of sixteen hours a day "coding" and eating "flat" foods (food which, like Kraft singles, can be passed underneath closed doors) as they fearfully scan company e-mail to learn whether the great Bill is going to "flame" one of them. But now there's a chance to become innovators instead of cogs in the gargantuan Microsoft machine. The intrepid Microserfs are striking out on their own?living together in a shared digital flophouse as they desperately try to cultivate well-rounded lives and find love amid the dislocated, subhuman whir and buzz of their computer-driven world.
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Douglas Coupland is the author of twelve novels, including Generation X and Microserfs, and several works of nonfiction, including Polaroids from the Dead. He lives and works in Vancouver, Canada.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Contents
- 1. Microserfs
- 2. Oop
- 3. Inferiority
- 4. FaceTime
- 5. TrekPolitiks
- 6. Chyx
- 7. Transhumanity
- P.S. Insights, Interviews & More .
- About the author
- A Q&A with Douglas Coupland
- Life at a Glance
- On Location
- About the book
- Headlining
- Backstage
- Read on
- If You Loved This, You'll Like .
- Have You Read?
- About the Author
- Praise for Microserfs
- Also by Douglas Coupland
- Copyright
- About the Publisher
