PoMo - where's it all at these days

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Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture
1.  Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture by Douglas Coupland
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  "where it all began for us - seeing ourselves in print"
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Girlfriend in a Coma
2.  Girlfriend in a Coma by Douglas Coupland
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  "coupland at his best"
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The Outsider (Penguin Modern Classics)
3.  The Outsider (Penguin Modern Classics) by Albert Camus
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  "chilling, seminal and challenging - more existential than pomo but helps to see where it's all come from"
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Brave New World
4.  Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
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  "could we be heading Huxley's way...?"
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1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four (Penguin Modern Classics)
5.  1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four (Penguin Modern Classics) by George Orwell
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  "or Orwell's way...?"
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Postmodernity Second Edition (Concepts in the Social Sciences)
6.  Postmodernity Second Edition (Concepts in the Social Sciences) by Lyon
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  "David Lyon has some answers - one of the best introductions i know - brilliant"
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The Simulacra (S.F. MASTERWORKS)
7.  The Simulacra (S.F. MASTERWORKS) by Philip K. Dick
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  "clever but very weird - i'd not read any Philip iDick before, but this was very readable indeed.  Fascinating"
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How To Travel With A Salmon: and Other Essays
8.  How To Travel With A Salmon: and Other Essays by Umberto Eco
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  "the title story is absolutely hilarious - with lots of other thoughts and insights"
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The Meaning of Life
9.  The Meaning of Life by Terry Eagleton
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  "surprising but very thought-provoking"
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The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge (Theory & History of Literature)
10.  The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge (Theory & History of Literature) by Jean-Francois Lyotard
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  "this is the biggy - not for the faint-hearted but a seminal text"
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Serendipities: Language And Lunacy
11.  Serendipities: Language And Lunacy by Prof Umberto Eco
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  "fun, whimsical and pretty interesting really"
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Faith In Fakes: Travels in Hyperreality
12.  Faith In Fakes: Travels in Hyperreality by Umberto Eco
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  "very insightful and interesting too"
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Becoming Conversant with the Emerging Church: Understanding a Movement and Its Implications
13.  Becoming Conversant with the Emerging Church: Understanding a Movement and Its Implications by D. A. Carson
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  "pretty polemical (which is probably not very helpful) but his overview of where we are is excellent, as well as giving pointers for dangers ahead (and smaller than Gagging of God!)"
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The Gagging of God: Christianity Confronts Pluralism
14.  The Gagging of God: Christianity Confronts Pluralism by D. A. Carson
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  "bit of a doorstop but it is worth reading chh2&3 for insights into where things are"
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Postmodernism: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
15.  Postmodernism: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Christopher Butler
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  "another really helpful intro"
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God, Sex and Generation X: A Search for Lost Wonder
16.  God, Sex and Generation X: A Search for Lost Wonder by Mike Starkey
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  "brilliant and full of the absurdities and yet unquestioned assumptions of modern life"
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Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
17.  Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business by Neil Postman
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  "startling indictment of TV culture - compelling and challenging"
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Intellectuals
18.  Intellectuals by Paul Johnson
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  "controversial only if you think that a thinker's private life has nothing to do with their public and intellectual life - brilliant expose of hypocrisy of many of the West's most influential thinkers"
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The Gum Thief
19.  The Gum Thief by Douglas Coupland
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  "not Coupland at his best, but still worth the read - funny, quirky (sometimes downright weird) but very insightful at times"
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Last updated: 20/12/2007
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