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| Author | Douglas Coupland |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | William Graef |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Epistolary novel |
| Set in | Redmond, Washington and Silicon Valley, 1993–94 |
| Publisher | Regan Books, HarperCollins |
Publication date | June 1995 |
| Publication place | Canada |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 371 (Hardback) |
| ISBN | 0-06-039148-0 (USA hardback), ISBN 0-00-224404-7 (Canada hardback) |
| OCLC | 32167397 |
| 813/.54 20 | |
| LC Class | PS3553.O855 M53 1995 |
| Preceded by | Life After God |
| Followed by | Polaroids from the Dead |
Microserfs is an epistolary novel by Douglas Coupland published by HarperCollins in 1995. It first appeared in short story form[1] as the cover article for the January 1994 issue of Wired magazine and was subsequently expanded to full novel length.[2] Set in the early 1990s, it captures the state of the technology industry before Windows 95, and anticipates the dot-com bubble of the late 1990s.
The novel is presented in the form of diary entries maintained on a PowerBook by the narrator, Daniel. Because of this, as well as its formatting and usage of emoticons, this novel is similar to what emerged a decade later as the blog format.
Coupland revisited many of the ideas in Microserfs in his 2006 novel JPod, which has been labeled "Microserfs for the Google generation".[3]