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Title: Hey Nostradamus! : A Novel by Douglas Coupland ISBN: 1-58234-358-6 Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.03 (30 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Much better than Vernon God Little
Comment: I thought this book was a return to form for Coupland as many of the other reviewer's here have mentioned. I had been a bit disappointed by the last few Coupland books but was blown out of the water by this one. It's closer in spirit to "Girlfriend in a Coma" and is one of the more spiritual books he has written. Unlike Vernon God Little, another "Columbine-ish" book, "Hey Nostradamus!" made me care about the characters and I really felt for them. The book's palatable sense of loss and pain will leave you thinking for a long time.
"God is nowhere/God is now here" - whether or not you believe in God, this book will make you think again about your place in the world, what you believe in and what you hold dear. An excellent book !
Rating: 4
Summary: Nostradamus says another great book from Coupland
Comment: Hey Nostradamus! deals with themes that are common in Coupland's previous works; relationships, love, cultural alienation, death and the self. Here he has branched out a little further, looking at these concepts on, what feels to be, a broader, more encompassing scope. Whilst his earlier work doesn't consider God in relation to these themes, Hey Nostradamus! puts faith, religion and a sense of God towards the forefront, and whilst the book is easily more spiritual than its predecessors, it is by no means a book doused with spiritual cues.
It is written from four seperate points of view, stretching in time from 1988 to 2003. Each character brings something new to the table in terms of angle and perspective, and helps to give the reader a well defined picture of the characters.
Spiritually speaking, all the characters have different beleifs and concepts of faith raging from Jason's (the novel's main character) antediluvian father Reg to the religiously disinterested Heather, who herself claims to be "weak on religion". It is through these religious differences that Coupland focuses on interpersonal relationships, a common theme of his and ultimately what the book falls back upon. He paints a strong, rather emotional, picture of how religious persuasions can influence and be influenced by, major events in our lives.
The book is certainly well written, Coupland is no doubt one of the better pop writers of the time, although it did leave me wanting a little more. Whilst the subject matter is rather emotional, I was expecting to be a little more overwhlemed by the book, quite possibly a flaw in my expectations rather than the novel itself. Having said that, it is a highly engaging book that will entertain you and make you think, if not about your own beliefs, then about how you consider other people's.
Rating: 3
Summary: Not sure what is up here--but it is Coupland after all.
Comment: Well, Hmm...I just finished this novel and I'm not sure what I thought. I didn't like a lot, but I certainly didn't dislike it. This was nowhere near as bad as Shampoo Planet (which Coupland himself admits was not a winner). However, the spiritual elements that worked so well in Girlfriend in Coma (which this reminded of at times) and Life After God (I book I loved) are the main focus here, but they don't always work. The story is interesting and the format highly couplandesque. I admired the characters' ability to try and understand and change, but something was missing for me. Perhaps I did not connect to these people (also something of an issue in his last novel, All Families...but that at least was one big lark). Anyway, lots of people have loved this book. I still love Coupland after having read 6 of books, I'll be in line for the next.
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Title: City of Glass: Douglas Coupland's Vancouver by Douglas Coupland ISBN: 1550548182 Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: All Families are Psychotic : A Novel by Douglas Coupland ISBN: 1582342156 Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Pub. Date: 07 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: LIFE AFTER GOD : LIFE AFTER GOD by Douglas Coupland ISBN: 0671874349 Publisher: Washington Square Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 1995 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: School Spirit by Pierre Huyghe, Douglas Coupland ISBN: 2914563078 Publisher: Editions Dis Voir Pub. Date: 15 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture by Douglas Coupland ISBN: 031205436X Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: October, 1992 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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