Coupland's novel predicted the outcome of the late-1990s dot-com bubble with his depiction of the Oop!

It is considered one of Coupland's finest novels, with a stronger narrative than some of his earlier books but still providing relevant cultural criticism and commentary.

He developed the Windows 95 startup sound with Brian Eno and also was a character study for Douglas Coupland's book Microserfs, published in 1995.

Playwright Shaun Duggan's stage drama William, Alex Broun's one-man show Half a Person: My Life as Told by The Smiths, Douglas Coupland's 1998 novel Girlfriend in a Coma, Andrew Collins ' autobiography Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now, Mark Spitz's novel How Soon is Never ?, the pop band Shakespear's Sister, the defunct art-punk group Pretty Girls Make Graves, and the Polish filmmaker Przemyslaw Wojcieszek's short fictional film about two Polish fans of The Smiths, Louder Than Bombs, are all inspired by or named after songs or albums by The Smiths.

It also includes the short story " My Hotel Year ", which first appeared in Coupland's Life After God ( 1994 ), and the essay on another Vancouver landmark, Lions ' Gate Bridge, which was published in Polaroids from the Dead ( 1996 ).

While Coupland's book helped to popularize the phrase " Generation X ," in a 1989 magazine article he erroneously attributed the term to English musician Billy Idol.

The term was popularized by Douglas Coupland's 1991 novel Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture.

The term was popularized by Canadian author Douglas Coupland's 1991 novel, Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, concerning young adults during the late 1980s and their lifestyles.

The novel was a radical departure from Coupland's previous novel, Life After God.

Coupland's research turned up links to the themes of Life After God.

One of the characters in Douglas Coupland's 2006 novel jPod ( and the CBC television show of the same name ) uses " Chugatussin " as means of getting high, referring to this as " getting ' tussed up.

This is exemplified by the influence of Canadian Douglas Coupland ’ s 1990 novel Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, which explored the economically-bleak and apocalypse-fixated worldview of Coupland's age group.

In 2008, Thicke appeared in a major supporting role as Jim Jarlewski in the television series adaptation of Douglas Coupland's jPod.

Douglas Coupland's 2009 novel Generation A refers to Groundskeeper Willie's use of the phrase.

These episodes are the only non-fiction in the book and come from Coupland's own life.

This is Coupland's most critically acclaimed novel.

The term Generation X or Gen X, popularized by Douglas Coupland's novel Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, was used to describe the generation that followed the Baby Boom Generation, or those who came to adulthood in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Shampoo Planet is Douglas Coupland's second novel, published by Pocket Books in 1992.

The term, a play on the expression " starter home ", appears as one of the footnotes in Douglas Coupland's 1991 novel Generation X.

All expressed interest in world affairs but no one offered to make any sacrifices to satisfy this interest.

I cannot express to you the depth of my conviction that, in our own and free world interest, we must co-operate with others to help these people achieve their legitimate ambitions, as expressed in their different multi-year plans.

The concept of labor as a special class is outmoded, and in the task confronting America as bastion of the free world, labor must learn to put the national interest first if it is itself to survive.

It is also the concern of the Department of State that our trading relationships with the rest of the world are vigorous, profitable, and active -- this is not just a passing interest or a matter of concern only to the Department of Commerce.

This movement began in Italy in the 14th century and the term, literally meaning rebirth, describes the revival of interest in the artistic achievements of the Classical world.

The works of Petrarch first displayed the new interest in the intellectual values of the Classical world in the early 14th century and the romance of this era as rediscovered in the Renaissance period can be seen expressed by Boccaccio.

The school deals primarily with the premodern world ( before the French Revolution ), with little interest in later topics.

" Ever since the time of my ancestor Ali, the first Imam, that is to say over a period of thirteen hundred years, it has always been the tradition of our family that each Imam chooses his successor at his absolute and unfettered discretion from amongst any of his descendants, whether they be sons or remote male issue and in these circumstances and in view of the fundamentally altered conditions in the world in very recent years due to the great changes which have taken place including the discoveries of atomic science, I am convinced that it is in the best interest of the Shia Muslim Ismailia Community that I should be succeeded by a young man who has been brought up and developed during recent years and in the midst of the new age and who brings a new outlook on life to his office as Imam.

The film generated huge interest in Scotland and in Scottish history, not only around the world, but also in Scotland itself.

Wired magazine, created by Louis Rossetto and Jane Metcalfe, mixes new technology, art, literature, and current topics in order to interest today ’ s cyberpunk fans, which Paula Yoo claims " proves that hardcore hackers, multimedia junkies, cyberpunks and cellular freaks are poised to take over the world.

Nevertheless the strategic interest of the United States in the Red Sea basin and the considerations of security and world peace make it necessary that the country has to be linked with our ally Ethiopia.

Plato did not believe most people were clever enough to look after their own and society's best interest, so the few " clever " people of the world needed to lead the rest of the flock.

Mountbatten supported the United World Colleges and encouraged heads of state, politicians and personalities throughout the world to share his interest.

As a free democracy and market economy, the world's largest exporting nation and the world's third-richest economy ( nominal GDP ) ( behind the U. S. and Japan ), Germany shares the interest and institutions of a free and secure world trade.

To be a valid interest of collection it must be possible to obtain a complete collection, for example-British handheld weapons from before second world war -.

Although FY 2003 began with the rapid decline of the gourde due to rumors that U. S. dollar deposit accounts would be nationalized and due to the withdrawal of fuel subsidies, the government successfully stabilized the gourde as it took the politically difficult decisions to float fuel prices freely according to world market prices and to raise interest rates.

In 1923 – 24, Himmler, while searching for a world view, moved away from Catholicism and furthered his interest both in the occult and in antisemitism.

The Theogony concerns the origins of the world ( cosmogony ) and of the gods ( theogony ), beginning with Chaos, Gaia, and Eros, and shows a special interest in genealogy.

There has been much interest in bringing lessons from improv into the corporate world.

In 2008, the Japanese Central Bank still has the lowest interest rates in the developed world, deflation has still not been eliminated and the Nikkei 225 has fallen over approximately 50 % ( between June 2007 and December 2008 ).

Additionally, many contemporary knitters have an interest in blogging about their knitting, patterns, and techniques, or joining a virtual community focused on knitting, such as Ravelry, affectionately known as Rav to fiber-lovers around the world.

Karate schools began appearing across the world, catering to those with casual interest as well as those seeking a deeper study of the art.

In these it will be said there is both a world of nature new created, and a dramatic method and interest.

As originator of the Dogme 95 concept, which has led to international interest in Danish film as a whole, he has inspired filmmakers all over the world.