I liked it. It was basically House of Leaves meets the Office. It's whimsical, experimental and intimate/profound at times. It's full of pop-culture references but unlike in Pyncheon's books I actually get them. It's also pretty relatable to me since I work at a university CompSci lab.
Recently I learned that JPod is a spritual successor to 'Microserfs', one of his older books. I think I'll be reading that next.
by SilverSpaceRobot10
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JPod is wild ride. I remember reading it few years back and getting completely lost in all the random lists and weird formatting but somehow it all worked together. The video game company setting felt super authentic even though I work in totally different field
Never read Microserfs but heard good things about it. Coupland has this way of capturing that tech worker burnout vibe that translates across industries somehow
What a memory unlock. I haven’t thought of the book since I was a surly teenager interested in programming!