They are Microserfs—six code-crunching computer whizzes who spend upward of sixteen hours a day "coding" and eating "flat" foods (food which, like Kraft singles, can be passed underneath closed doors) as they fearfully scan company e-mail to learn whether the great Bill is going to "flame" one of them. But now there's a chance to become innovators instead of cogs in the gargantuan Microsoft machine. The intrepid Microserfs are striking out on their own—living together in a shared digital flophouse as they desperately try to cultivate well-rounded lives and find love amid the dislocated, subhuman whir and buzz of their computer-driven world.
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Douglas Coupland, canadiense nacido en Alemania en 1961, es escritor, artista visual y diseñador. Con su primera novela, "Generación X", dio nombre a una época, un sentimiento y una comunidad, y sigue siendo una de las obras cruciales de nuestra época. Le siguieron "Planeta Champú", "La vida después de Dios", "Microsiervos", "JPod" o "Generación A", novelas en las que brillan el sentido del humor y una capacidad poco habitual para la creación de personajes. "Atracón", "Microsiervos" y "Generación X" están publicadas en Alianza Editorial.