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Newest Review: ... way. In five years I won't be me anymore. I'll be some new [person] .... Probably wiser and more corrupt....using words like ... more

 ... 'cassoulet' or 'sublime.' ... I have to do [things] now---act quickly, I mean---because the current version of me is ebbing away. We're all ebbing away. All of us. I'm already looking backward. I'm already looking back at that [person] that's saying these words." After finishing the book, I was pulled back to this passage reading it over again ...understanding the meaning even more clearly than the first time. Realizing that at almost 35 years old, I have had the four or five different careers already. The per...more

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Robin+Ann+Johnson
Miss Wyoming - Douglas Coupland: Douglas Coupland's 'Miss Wyoming' (335 words)
by Robin Ann Johnson - written on 02/03/08
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I spent this Sunday afternoon being lazy and finishing Douglas Coupland's 'Miss Wyoming'. As the story played out and about 50 pages to it's conclusion a passage about life struck me, ".... when you grow up these days, you're told you're going to have four or five different careers during your lifetime. But what they don't tell you is that you're also going to be four or five different people along the way. In five years I won't be me anymore. I'll be some new [person] .... Probably wiser and more corrupt....using words like 'cassoulet' or 'sublime.' ... I have to do [things] now---act quickly, I mean---because the current version of me is ebbing away. ...  Read the complete review

MagdaDH
Crowned ReviewALIENATED GENERATION (1268 words)
by - written on 18/11/04, updated on  14/12/04 (Very useful, 128 readings)
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Douglas Copeland is apparently something of a cult writer and it is possible that I should have started my acquaintanceship with his opus from another book - like `Girlfriend in a Coma` or `Microserfs`. Nevertheless it was `Miss Wyoming` that I read recently and I have to say that it left me somehow unimpressed. I can`t say I didn`t enjoy it - it was a decent read by all means and I liked playing with it. But it wasn`t `my` book and neither it was good enough to leave me in awe despite not moving any strings in my heart. But I guess I should start justifying my judgements. The novel has two main protagonists: John Johnson, a 37 year old (but with mental age ...  Read the complete review

Randyolph
Miss Wyoming - Douglas Coupland: His best yet, more grown up (378 words)
by - written on 10/05/01, updated on  10/05/01 (Useful, 84 readings)
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If you've read Coupland before, and you took to it like me, then you won't be dissapointed by this book, the intelligence and melding of science fact with emotion is just as good (if not better) than ever. The general theme of the book is similar to a lot of his others, basically escaping from day to day mundane life, but this time, the book feels a lot more grown up, bigger, weightier, once i was into reading it, i found i didn't miss the quirkier stylisms of his earlier books like 'microserfs' variants in typography. It feels like coupland's promise has come of age, blending facts with fiction and feelings. It is a very ...  Read the complete review

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