Editing Microserfs (section)

==History==

{{quote box | width = 22em | align = right | quote = When ''Microserfs'' first came out, most people thought it was a tightly focused anthropological look at a tiny group of historically transient information workers in the American Pacific Northwest. It turns out they were forming a template of the way everyone else in the world works in and around information. As time went on it became a lot broader, instead of a lot narrower, which is what happened with Generation X. | source = Coupland, ''[[The Times]]'', June 1998.<ref name="Generation2">Johnstone, Susan. "Talking 'bout his Generation". ''[[The Times]]'', June 24, 1998.</ref> }}

Coupland's interest in the world of Microsoft and technology workers began with the publication of a short story in ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]'' magazine in 1994. The story would later be expanded into the novel.

Shortly before the publication of ''Microserfs'', Coupland began to distance himself from his label as spokesperson for [[Generation X]].

Coupland's novel anticipated the outcome of the late-1990s [[dot-com bubble]] with his depiction of the Oop! project's search for capital.<ref>Coupland, Douglas. ''Microserfs''. [[Harper Perennial]], 1st Harper Perennial Canadian Edition, "About the Book" P. 6.</ref>

The [[Abridgement|abridged]] [[audiobook]] for ''Microserfs'' was read by [[Matthew Perry]].