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  <title><![CDATA[Life After God]]></title>
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  <default_description>This collection of stories cuts through the hype of modern living, travelling inward to the elusive terrain of dreams and nightmares.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1994</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Douglas Coupland]]></name>
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  <date_added>Fri Feb 01 15:50:36 -0800 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[There's an obvious problem with a 5-star rating system (or any graded system, really) being used to rate god-damned BOOKS, you know? This has probably been brought up previously, but c'mon: I'm going to validate Virginia Woolf by giving her 5 stars, and also I really fucking loved Harry Potter so yo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14311442">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="2357435">
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    <name><![CDATA[Cody]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Grand Rapids, MI]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Mon Jun 25 08:42:40 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jun 25 11:26:33 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have been told—and have read—that this book will change my life. It did not. I do not doubt Coupland's ability to write. His prose is simple, but not spare, always divulging just enough to create the right impression—though his characters all sound alike as a result. But the pervasive road w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2357435">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="6609313">
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    <name><![CDATA[Yukie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Los Angeles, CA]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Sep 22 12:11:35 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Sep 22 12:18:55 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;Now: I believe that you've had most of your important memories by the time you're thirty.  After that, memory becomes water overflowing into an already full cup.  New experiences just don't register in the same way or with the same impact.  I could be shooting heroin with the Princess of Wales...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6609313">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="3860504">
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    <name><![CDATA[Bill]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Warwick, RI]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Tue Jul 31 12:16:41 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon May 05 18:18:23 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Tried re-reading this the other day, and I just couldn't get myself back into it.  All that Meaning-with-a-capital-M that seemed to be there when I was in my late teens/early 20s seemed a bit absent, so I stopped before I could completely ruin my good memories of this book.  It's best to let angsty ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3860504">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="4691704">
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    <name><![CDATA[Stace]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Philadelphia, PA]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[apprentice curmudgeons]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Aug 17 08:26:24 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Aug 21 14:02:05 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This one reads like a diary, kind of an aging Generation X. I strongly relate to it as I am slightly younger than Coupland. As Gen. X was exciting to read, being amazed by the connection of similar feelings and experiences of youth, L.A.G. was rather like comparing notes on the challenges of life at...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4691704">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4691704]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="45921087">
    <user id="2016701">
    <name><![CDATA[Joshua]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <date_added>Tue Feb 10 06:37:23 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Feb 10 06:38:14 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[whaooo how could everything about life that you thought was impossible to capture be captured so well in words!!!!!!!!!jiefjuej first ballot HOF for me. ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45921087]]></url>
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    <review id="62482149">
    <user id="976480">
    <name><![CDATA[Todd]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Las Vegas, NV]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/976480-todd-huish]]></url>
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Fri Sep 15 00:00:00 -0700 1995</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jul 07 10:07:40 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jul 07 10:31:13 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am admittedly a huge Coupland fan. I read absolutely everything he writes but I'm not blind in my devotion. He has hits and misses just like anyone. This book, however, is what started my fandom and makes me forgive his occasional misses. This book is full of short stories but where most short sto...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62482149">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62482149]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="41971227">
    <user id="1198481">
    <name><![CDATA[Corey]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[St. George, Ontario, Canada]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jan 05 10:31:04 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jan 05 10:32:00 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Deeply moving, and impressively depressing. In the end you're honestly left thinking about your own life and beliefs.<br/><br/>Very interesting read.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41971227]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="47565943">
    <user id="59506">
    <name><![CDATA[Patrick]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Providence, RI]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/59506-patrick]]></url>
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  <date_added>Wed Feb 25 22:36:19 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Feb 25 22:39:45 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Man, I was eating this Coupland shit up two summer's ago. It seems so long ago now, but also not too long ago. And I mean that to be as depressing as it sounds. I had just stopped working in March, and was still on a slacker high, which phases in and out to this dyin' day.<br/><br/>The greatest th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47565943">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47565943]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="42173920">
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    <name><![CDATA[Tanya]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Orlando, FL]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Tue Jan 06 19:59:23 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jan 06 20:03:09 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Stop what you are reading, and go read this. Over and over again. <br/><br/>COUPLAND - I love you.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42173920]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="2144940">
    <user id="140816">
    <name><![CDATA[Jon]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Chicago, IL]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/140816-jon]]></url>
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[everyone.  ]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jun 19 20:33:53 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jun 19 20:42:08 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[one of my 2 favorite books.  I have read it probably a dozen times.  <br/>]]></body>
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    <review id="65881570">
    <user id="952436">
    <name><![CDATA[Jamie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Baltimore, MD]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
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  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Atomic Reading Club]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Aug 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Aug 02 11:33:52 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Aug 02 11:37:10 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I LOVED Generation X when I read it when I was like 27. (And i do want to re-read it now, to see how it holds up.)<br/><br/>I liked this while I was reading it, and related to the narrator, even if he did need to &quot;get out of his own head&quot; for like 5 minutes.<br/><br/>I also read some g...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65881570">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="43244899">
    <user id="738705">
    <name><![CDATA[Cecilia]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Chicago, IL]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <date_added>Fri Jan 16 09:50:46 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jan 16 09:53:28 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This was an interesting little read. Formatted almost like a tween book where you get some little visual incentive and the stories remain short to address the short attention span. And this guy really writes form the standpoint of someone who never experienced life without a TV or media around him e...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43244899">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43244899]]></url>
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    <review id="12814893">
    <user id="798149">
    <name><![CDATA[Zach]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Philadelphia, PA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/798149-zach]]></url>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jan 17 22:20:53 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jan 14 15:24:25 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I read this little book on the train for many mornings on the way to work and it was wildly addictive.<br/><br/>A collection of short stories (the last four were my favorite) with enduring themes set within our finite context (the sea of specific brand names, plastic products, and flimsy pop cultu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12814893">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12814893]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="10328615">
    <user id="424300">
    <name><![CDATA[Ana Laura ]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Buenos Aires, Argentina]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Dec 12 11:48:01 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Feb 03 16:30:50 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[<em>MY HOTEL YEAR</em><br/><br/><em>CATHY</em><br/><br/><em>(...)Sometimes I think the people to feel the saddest for are people who are unable to connect with the profound -- people such as my boring brother-in-law, a hearty type so concerned with normality and fitting in that he eliminates any possibility of unique...</em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10328615">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10328615]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="18164778">
    <user id="115473">
    <name><![CDATA[Siria]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Ireland]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/115473-siria]]></url>
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  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Trin]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Mar 20 03:50:46 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Mar 20 04:00:14 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I quite liked the prose style of this collection of short stories, which I felt managed to tread that fine line between being economical and being evocative. There were some strangely beautiful little tableaux and some striking images. <br/><br/>I was, however, a little puzzled as to how Coupland ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18164778">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="70533357">
    <user id="2562422">
    <name><![CDATA[Naomi]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Chicago, IL]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2562422-naomi]]></url>
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <date_added>Tue Sep 08 18:22:52 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Sep 08 18:28:42 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've read this book, or portions of it, dozens of times.  I will put it into my bag and carry it around for weeks, just opening it and reading something at random.  Then I'll put it away until the next time I think of it.  (Just FYI, I have read it straight through, also.)   It's a unique book that,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70533357">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70533357]]></url>
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    <review id="65863493">
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    <name><![CDATA[Sonya]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Bronx, NY]]></location>        
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    <body><![CDATA[Pretty compelling writing and very funny in parts. However, on the whole Coupland left me very melancholy. It's a good rainy day read, if you want your inner life to mirror the grey misty Northwest. He does a great job of cutting through the crap and getting to the heart of things, which is why this...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50805351">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I re-read this book over the course of a day or so. I had first read it when I was 23, and I think I have a bit of a different perspective 5 years later.  I enjoy the simplicity of the vignettes, although Coupland and I disagree on the ending message.  There's a simple beauty and melancholy nature t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39263147">more...</a>]]></body>
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