Generation A: A Novel

by Douglas Coupland

I think fate is a corny notion. Everything in this world is cause and effect, process not destiny.

For the first time in my life, the future felt futuristic.

monsters. People who believe in things to the exclusion of their senses. Everyone dumps on politicians as monsters, but they’re actually very easy to handle because at least they’re up front about the system they’re using to avoid reality. The real killers are the quiet believers. It’s always the sullen twenty-year-old who wears the vest into the market square.”