Microserfs
| Author | Douglas Coupland |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | William Graef |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Epistolary novel |
| Set in | Redmond, Washington and Silicon Valley, 1993–94 |
| Publisher | Regan Books, HarperCollins |
Publication date | June 1995 |
| Publication place | Canada |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 371 (Hardback) |
| ISBN | 0-06-039148-0 (USA hardback), ISBN 0-00-224404-7 (Canada hardback) |
| OCLC | 32167397 |
| 813/.54 20 | |
| LC Class | PS3553.O855 M53 1995 |
| Preceded by | Life After God |
| Followed by | Polaroids from the Dead |
Microserfs is an epistolary novel by Douglas Coupland published by HarperCollins in 1995. It first appeared in short story form as the cover article for the January 1994 issue of Wired magazine and was subsequently expanded to full novel length. Set in the early 1990s, it captures the state of the technology industry before Windows 95, and anticipates the dot-com bubble of the late 1990s.
The novel is presented in the form of diary entries maintained on a PowerBook by the narrator, Daniel. Because of this, as well as its formatting and usage of emoticons, this novel is similar to what emerged a decade later as the blog format.
Coupland revisited many of the ideas in Microserfs in his 2006 novel JPod, which has been labeled "Microserfs for the Google generation".