JPod was my favourite book by Douglas Coupland. He makes his characters entertaining in this, but also they seem like real people.
Here's the plot:
JPod is an avant-garde novel of six young adults, whose last names all begin with the letter 'J' and who are assigned to the same cubicle pod by someone in human resources through a computer glitch, working at Neotronic Arts, a fictional Burnaby-based video game company.
There was also a TV show
We have that one but I haven’t read it yet. Will have to add it to my list!
Shoot - I was going with JPod...
My second favourite was the gum thief - it's a book I was able to invision in my head so clearly. I know exactly what the professors home looks like.
I'll go with 'Player One' - each chapter was delivered as a 1 hour lecture as part of the 2010 Massey Lectures.
I did my OAC major project on two dystopian books, A Clockwork Orange & Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale.
Atwood's was scary way back then (I'm old, so it was a long time ago), but even scarier now, since it's a believable future. The series was also really well done...until it wasn't (like most series). :)
Yes for sure! In interviews, Atwood said that she pulled inspiration for the Handmaid's Tale from actual historical events too. She has a sequel to it now as well - The Testaments (you can borrow if you want!)
I'll add mine - I love Lawrence Hill's work.
I'm torn between two. The first is Any Known Blood, which is a novel centering around a man going through his family history.
The second is Blood: The Stuff of Life, which is non-fiction and explores all the ideas, symbolism and science behind blood itself. This one was one of the first books I read from Hill and it was so intriguing.
Oooh! I’ve been on a good reading kick lately and have gone through some of these books more recently, and others have stayed with me over the years. Here’s my go:
Michael Ondaatje
- The Collected Works of Billy the Kid
- In the Skin of a Lion
Bob Joseph
- 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act (this was both enraging and incredibly informative - it’s been on my reading list for awhile and I just read through it)
Elizabeth Hay
- Late
Richard Wagamese: The Colour of Light
It’s a really beautiful and feel good book. Different from a lot of other things I’ve read
Farley Mowat: The Boat that wouldn’t float
Not one of his most famous books but it’s hilarious. Cole’s notes is that him and his editor tried to fix up a boat and sail it from Newfoundland to the Caribbean but they couldn’t they off the rock 🪨 .
Mordecai has got to be Barney’s Version.
The Boat that Wouldn’t Float sounds like something I’d be into!
@Danae Ingram, it's a very fun light read.
Shall we start some "Local" Love?
Share your favourite book recommendation from these Canadian authors - bonus if you tell us what you loved about it! Let's try to get one for each author!
📚 Lucy Maud Montgomery
📚 Margaret Atwood
📚 Richard Wagamese
📚 Alice Munro
📚 Thomas King
📚 Farley Mowat
📚 Mordecai Richler
📚 Yann Martel
📚 Rohinton Mistry
📚 Michael Ondaatje
📚 Douglas Coupland
📚 Lawrence Hill