Book
Player one : what is to become of us / a novel in five hours
Record details
- ISBN: 9780887849725 (trade pbk.)
- ISBN: 9780887849688 (US)
- ISBN: 0887849725
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Physical Description:
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246 p. ; 21 cm. - Publisher: Toronto : House of Anansi Press, 2010.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Sept 10 |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Hour one : cue the flaming Zeppelin -- Hour two : the best of the rest of your life -- Hour three : God's little dumpsters -- Hour four : hello, my name is: monster -- Hour five : the view from inside Daffy Duck's hole -- Future legend. |
| Target Audience Note: | All Ages. |
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| Subject: | Afterlife Global disaster Human identity Religion Society |
| Genre: | Apocalyptic fiction. Canadian fiction. Didactic fiction. Psychological fiction. |
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Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Camosun College Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lansdowne Library | PS 3553 O855 P53 2010 (Text) | 26040002976336 | Main Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Perseus PublishingInternational bestselling author Douglas Coupland delivers a real-time, five-hour story set in an airport cocktail lounge during a global disaster. Five disparate people are trapped inside: Karen, a single mother waiting for her online date; Rick, the down-on-his-luck airport lounge bartender; Luke, a pastor on the run; Rachel, a cool Hitchcock blonde incapable of true human contact; and finally a mysterious voice known as Player One. Slowly, each reveals the truth about themselves while the world as they know it comes to an end.
In the tradition of Kurt Vonnegut and J. G. Ballard, Coupland explores the modern crises of time, human identity, society, religion, and the afterlife. The book asks as many questions as it answers, and readers will leave the story with no doubt that we are in a new phase of existence as a species ? and that there is no turning back. - Perseus PublishingInternational bestselling author Douglas Coupland delivers a real-time, five-hour story set in an airport cocktail lounge during a global disaster. Five disparate people are trapped inside: Karen, a single mother waiting for her online date; Rick, the down-on-his-luck airport lounge bartender; Luke, a pastor on the run; Rachel, a cool Hitchcock blonde incapable of true human contact; and finally a mysterious voice known as Player One. Slowly, each reveals the truth about themselves while the world as they know it comes to an end.
In the tradition of Kurt Vonnegut and J. G. Ballard, Coupland explores the modern crises of time, human identity, society, religion, and the afterlife. The book asks as many questions as it answers, and readers will leave the story with no doubt that we are in a new phase of existence as a species — and that there is no turning back.
