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The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman

July 2, 2022 by Halbs Leave a Comment

Earlier this year I reviewed Cyberville, Stacy Horn’s recounting of starting an online community in 1990s New York. That got me on a 90s entertainment kick in music, movies, and other books. (To be honest, I’m always on a 90s kick in music.) Klosterman’s The Nineties was an obvious followup read. While a lot of my pop culture interests are Chuck Klosterman-adjacent, this was the first time I’ve read one of his books. If his other reads are like this one, I’ll put them on […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: 90s, chuck klosterman, generation x, Pop Culture, the 90s

Halbs's CBR14 Review No:23 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: 90s, chuck klosterman, generation x, Pop Culture, the 90s ·
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Unfiltered, pretentious drivel of the best kind

October 4, 2018 by tillie 1 Comment

Generation X is an insufferably privileged, pretentious, meaningless novel about three young people living in bungalows in Palm Spring during the 90’s. Nothing at all happens, except the three of them hanging around, drinking, taking daytrips and telling each other long, thinly veiled stories about themselves because it’s easier to deal with yourself as a character in a story rather than own up to your own life. “As the expression goes, we spend our youth attaining wealth, and our wealth attaining youth.” I spent this […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #CBR10, cbr10bingo, douglas coupland, generation x, Mathildehoeg

tillie's CBR10 Review No:35 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #CBR10, cbr10bingo, douglas coupland, generation x, Mathildehoeg ·
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