Douglas Coupland

Ruh-roh, Raggy

This doesn’t look good. DougCoupland Dear 24. Thank you for the Scooby-Doo ending. Now please deliver the actual ending. Should I even watch 24? I should clarify that question. Should I watch this season of 24? Maybe I should...

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Review of Four Letter Word by Knelman and Porter

Top Writers Explore the Modern Love Letter A diverse selection of writers have contributed to this collection of fictional letters, all of which show the continuing importance of this much neglected form. The collection Love...

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Unhappy birthday? - Morrissey at 50

Morrissey once railed against dinosaur rock'n'roll stars - now he has joined their ranks. Len Brown sheds light on the man behind the miserable mask "Oh I know that you say, how age has no meaning, but here is your audience...

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Marketing the Minimal

How do you market a toy that does almost nothing? Build a gnarly web ad! We're talking about the Yo Baby, which is a skateboard with no wheels! The presence of the turtle in the Yo Baby ad reminds me of Douglas Coupland's...

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Antikewl gets SWFTed

I mentioned Sam Bradley, the guy who’s been doing the illustrated social experiment on Twitter, a week or so ago. Since then he’s put all the illustrations he’s produced up on their own website, SWFT.ca, and added me to the...

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Hey Nostradamus

Hey Xfire Er, HELP. I need a short resumé of "Hey Nostradamus" written by Douglas Coupland I know there are englishmen around here that have their resources, noone actualy reads book asignments... do they? You just fetch a...

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Don Mills gets a heart transplant - and the future looks bright

I had my doubts about the new 'Shops at Don Mills,' but the operation has succeeded brilliantly DAVE LEBLANC From Friday's Globe and Mail In the October 1, 2004 edition of Globe Real Estate, I wrote a commentary, "Whither the...

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The 10 Greatest Books of All Time

Let's not mince words: literary lists are basically an obscenity. You went to all the big-name authors in the world—Franzen, Mailer, Wallace, Wolfe, Chabon, Lethem, King, 125 of them— and got each one to cough up a top-10 list...

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We unveil the big list: Top 10 books to make you laugh

Here it is, Book Club! As discussed by you: Top 10 Books Funny Books 1. Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Friend by Christopher Moore 2. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams 3. A...

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Don’t sell me your dream

Far from liberating us, technology isolates us and makes us stupid. I want no part of your sterile, bloodless brave new world Ever since Hobbes, man has been using his ingenuity and energy in an attempt to ­create a...

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