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• Steve F. Anderson looks at time based digital media.

• Reviews: Guardian Unlimited looks at Douglas Coupland’s new novel and the New York Times offers two separate reviews of Naomi Klein’s new book .

• Brien Michael looks at two next books about transgendered experiences.

• The New Yorker looks at the history of spam email.

• The New York Times wants to revisit the canon wars. I am going to have more to say about this one.

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Now I am reading Lara’s Book: Lara Croft and The Tomb Raider Phenomenon by Douglas Coupland. This book has been on my Amazon wishlist since approx 1999 so I thought I’d finally pick it up.

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I just finished reading J-Pod by Douglas Coupland today.

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According to Wired, in his new book Douglas Coupland has created a character named “Douglas Coupland.” This character is based on internet rumors about himself which include meteorite collecting. I like the idea of a “meta Doug” as he puts it being out there. A second, invented, personification of ourself is an interesting writing tool for fiction I think.

However, don’t we already do that everyday? Isn’t the William who posts on this blog a “meta William?” How much of me is created for this blog, or for other people? How much of me am I really at anytime? I hope I don’t exude a Meta William who is a cynical attempt at a public persona, or what I think my public persona should be.

Hopefully Meta William and I have a relationship similar to Borges & I.

Slate also recently reviewed J-Pod.

Cory over a Boing Boing also wrote a rather nice post about his enjoyment of J-Pod.

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I finished reading Generation X today. Turns out, I did read it before. Claire, astronauts, and whatnot.

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The first book I read this year was The Homeric Hymns. Of course, all of these are very important; however, I am most interested in the story of Persephone, which is translated beautifully here.

Next up for me is Generation X by Douglas Coupland. Somehow, despite having read all of Coupland’s other books, I have not read this one. Maybe I did in my teens, but I can’t remember.

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Read in 2005: Eleanor Rigby by Douglas Coupland.

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