What started as a handbook to 1990s hip culture written by would-be sculptor Douglas Coupland ended up being a call to arms to a generation that, until he defined it, had gone unnamed, a generation he called Generation X. These 1990's...

In 1991, Douglas Coupland wrote the best-selling novel Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, popularizing the term, well, Generation X. Gen Xers are roughly defined as those born between 1965 and 1980. At the time of Mr. Coupland’s breakthrough, they were in their early...

In the following review, Fraser presents a subjective portrait of Coupland, revealing details of the novelist's biography and relating them to Coupland's fiction.

In the following essay, Burns provides a character sketch of Coupland, relating his observations of Coupland's fiction.

In the following essay, Blythe discusses Generation X, Shampoo Planet, and Life after God, stating that the latter is Coupland's "most accomplished fiction to date."

The novel Girlfriend in a Coma, by Douglas Coupland, has many themes present, and there are many lessons to be learnt from this novel.