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 "twentysomethings"...

GENERATION X: TALES FOR AN ACCELERATED CULTURE by Douglas Coupland. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991, $13.95. Im irredeemably curious about undergraduates. I teach and advise them but I know that they allow me to see very little of their experience. By...

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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 essay, Lainsbury examines the philosophical and cultural context of Coupland's Generation X.

In the following review, Brett comments on the content, structure, and style of Generation X, focusing in particular on Coupland's credibility as a spokesperson for the twenty-something generation.

In the following review, Saynor compliments Coupland's insightful presentation of the American youth culture in Generation X and Shampoo Planet, but contends that "in going back to more standard forms of expression, and in trying to get in touch with real things like Nature and God, it's maybe not surprising that Coupland can't find anything much to say" in Life after God.