I enjoyed it, although not as much as his novels. Some stories were interesting, others not really, some seemed like a good chapter one of a novel, but didn't really stand on their own.

Not Coupland's best book, but parts 2-3 that sketch the tenor of specific times and places are spot on, particularly part 3, the profile of Brentwood, CA.

I liked parts of this book. Just parts.

i think i finished this but i barely remember it. kids at a grateful dead concert or something in the beginning. a lot of photos...not much to this book, is what i remember.

Me gustó leerlo pero nunca supe que era lo que leía. Los cuentos cortos de los hippies en los conciertos de los Grateful dead fueron grandes, la carta a Kurt hizo que me dieran ganas de reconciliarme con Nirvana... No sé que decir sobre la tercera parte...

Un excelente ejemplo de buen escribir: excelentes descripciones, un ritmo increíble que mantiene el interés del lector en cada página. La capacidad de Coupland para convertir lo usual en fascinante es ilimitada.

Um ídolo com pés de barro?
Terei sido eu a mudar o meu gosto?
A verdade é que venerei Coupland nos anos 90 e as últimas coisas que li dele foram fracas.

Retenho deste livro um belo trecho e poucos mais:

"We all have a "you" in our life... someone out there who was to have spent the day with us, but who then went away for some reason. That special "you" is not here now
The sun has fallen into the world as i have fallen into the world, but the sun will not be judged for falling whereas i ill judge myself and tomorrow when i rise with a ne sun and a new life, i will redeem myself and i will find you, and you will be here in my life, and we will walk the island's roads together

Excellent writing as usual, but sort of soulless

I'm so disappointed in this book, it was so boring. I think he should stick to fiction. I've liked all his books, but this one was a letdown.

I must retread this now that I've read Talbot's The Season of the Witch, about San Francisco and including details about its Grateful Dead/free festival/Haight-Ashbury era. I'd like to get a first edition hardback, actually.

I think I'll stick to reading Coupland's fiction...

I'm grateful to the book, the well written concise stories inside it and the well selected photographs, particularly those about grave watching and the Lions Gate bridge in Vancouver, made me want to visit Vancouver, Canada and British Columbia and in doing so I met my wife. Which in itself a little like something out of Coupland novel.

Not only that, but it introduced me to Douglas Couplands work which I've enjoyed ever since.