I'm about 75% through Jpod and I have to say that the first half really yanked my chain - in a bad way. It seems that the more books Doug writes the more he likes to hold out on the payoff. You know it's coming, but can you wait for it? I was about sick of the pop culture/web culture references but I was on a flight to Seouless so thought what the fuck, I'm not going to sleep anyway, I forgot the Valium, so pushed on. It's getting close to the gold now I can tell, but not close enough to tear myself away from free flow bad wine in the lobby between 6 and 8...
If only Doug's books were as good as his sculpture. He should be famous for that instead... but who gets famous for sculpture?
P.S. Don't get me wrong, I love Douglas Coupland's writing, he's just got to that stage where he has created so many great works that the latest ain't necessarily the best... And when I say that his sculpture is better than his writing, I'm complementing his sculpture, not knocking his writing.
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