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His fiction is complemented by recognized works in design and visual art arising from his early formal training. Tales for an accelerated culture, popularized terms such as mcjob and generation x. Go search best sellers gift ideas new releases deals store. Meanwhile, with bit rot, coupland keeps refining what hes been ever since.
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