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JPod
JPod
Author: Douglas Coupland
JPod, Douglas Coupland’s most acclaimed novel to date, is a lethal joyride into today's new breed of tech worker. — Ethan Jarlewski and five co-workers whose surnames begin with “J” are bureaucratically marooned in jPod, a no-escape architectural limbo on the fringes of a massive Vancouver game design company. The jPo...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9781596911055
ISBN-10: 1596911050
Publication Date: 5/1/2007
Pages: 464
Rating:
  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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3.6 stars, based on 14 ratings
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
Members Wishing: 0
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sunshineandrainbows avatar reviewed JPod on
Helpful Score: 3
I LOVE this book. It is my new favorite book. I know a watered down version of many of the people in this book. It is just a wild, wonderful, ride. I could not put the book down.
c-squared avatar reviewed JPod on + 181 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
I didn't hate this book too much to read it, but it wasn't what I expected from one of my favorite authors. When an author writes himself into his own book (as an asshole, no less), that's a bad sign. When an author basically updates an earlier novel (Microserfs), that's a worse sign. And when an author feels the need to fill page after page of pointless, HUGE text, that's a nail in the book's coffin.

I'm really afraid to read the two novels that he's written since, but I'm hoping he was just having a bad year.
Sara618 avatar reviewed JPod on + 7 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
I found the author to be so unbelievably pretentious that it was hard to read the book. Inserting himself into the novel was the end for me. It wasn't even useful to the plot! Also, I felt that most elements of the story were put in for "shock" value only and not to actually make the book better.
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