X Saves the World: How Generation X Got the Shaft but Can Still Keep Everything from Sucking - Hardcover

Gordinier, Jeff

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670018589 ISBN 13: 9780670018581

Publisher: Viking Pr, 2008

Synopsis

A whimsical call-to-arms for the generation that came of age between the Baby Boomers and the Millennials furnishes a tribute to its significant cultural, technological, and political contributions, from Yahoo! and Lollapalooza to Nirvana and Woodstock '94. 25,000 first printing.

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Review:

"I think Jeff Gordinier might be the secret love child of Tom Wolfe and Douglas Coupland. This book is a fascinating, thought-provoking and funny look at America today. It's about more than Gen X, it's about everyone." --A.J. Jacobs, author of "The Year of Living Biblically" "This is the passionate defense that our much-maligned generation deserves." --Neal Pollack, author of "Alternadad" ""X Saves the World" is a great read-fast, funny and incisive. It's a thrill watching Jeff Gordinier spin his extensive cultural Rolodex and if I weren't so ironic and detached myself, I'd suggest anointing him the new voice of our generation-in-exile." --Jess Walter, author of "The Zero" "When future archeologists recover the artifacts from our failed civilization, may they at least find some reference to the forgotten sliver of a generation chronicled here, who dared to consider - even just consider - whether doing something other than selling out was a viable option." -- Douglas Rushkoff, author of "Coercion" "As a boomer through and through, I was skeptical: a bunch of 35- to 45-year olds formally famous for their most excellent slacking could now save art, music, and activism from the corporate monoculture? But in this passionate, beautifully written ode to the generation that even stereotypes forgot, Jeff Gordinier has made me believe." --Leslie Savan, author of "Slam Dunks and No-Brainers" "As a Marine, I hate slackers. As an X-er, I hate manifestos. As an MBA, I hate jokes. This is a slacker manifesto filled with jokes. But it doesn't suck. In fact, it's pretty great." --Nathaniel Fick, author of "One Bullet Away"

I loved this bookits impassioned, very quick on its feet, dense with all the right allusions, funny, and in the end, actually very moving.
Nick Hornby, "The Believer"
"I think Jeff Gordinier might be the secret love child of Tom Wolfe and Douglas Coupland. This book is a fascinating, thought-provoking and funny look at America today. It's about more than Gen X, it's about everyone." --A.J. Jacobs, author of "The Year of Living Biblically" "This is the passionate defense that our much-maligned generation deserves." --Neal Pollack, author of "Alternadad" ""X Saves the World" is a great read-fast, funny and incisive. It's a thrill watching Jeff Gordinier spin his extensive cultural Rolodex and if I weren't so ironic and detached myself, I'd suggest anointing him the new voice of our generation-in-exile." --Jess Walter, author of "The Zero" "When future archeologists recover the artifacts from our failed civilization, may they at least find some reference to the forgotten sliver of a generation chronicled here, who dared to consider - even just consider - whether doing something other than selling out was a viable option." -- Douglas Rushkoff, author of "Coercion" "As a boomer through and through, I was skeptical: a bunch of 35- to 45-year olds formally famous for their most excellent slacking could now save art, music, and activism from the corporate monoculture? But in this passionate, beautifully written ode to the generation that even stereotypes forgot, Jeff Gordinier has made me believe." --Leslie Savan, author of "Slam Dunks and No-Brainers" "As a Marine, I hate slackers. As an X-er, I hate manifestos. As an MBA, I hate jokes. This is a slacker manifesto filled with jokes.But it doesn't suck. In fact, it's pretty great." --Nathaniel Fick, author of "One Bullet Away"

"I loved this book...it's impassioned, very quick on its feet, dense with all the right allusions, funny, and in the end, actually very moving."
-Nick Hornby, "The Believer"
"I think Jeff Gordinier might be the secret love child of Tom Wolfe and Douglas Coupland. This book is a fascinating, thought-provoking and funny look at America today. It's about more than Gen X, it's about everyone." --A.J. Jacobs, author of "The Year of Living Biblically" "This is the passionate defense that our much-maligned generation deserves." --Neal Pollack, author of "Alternadad" ""X Saves the World" is a great read-fast, funny and incisive. It's a thrill watching Jeff Gordinier spin his extensive cultural Rolodex and if I weren't so ironic and detached myself, I'd suggest anointing him the new voice of our generation-in-exile." --Jess Walter, author of "The Zero" "When future archeologists recover the artifacts from our failed civilization, may they at least find some reference to the forgotten sliver of a generation chronicled here, who dared to consider - even just consider - whether doing something other than selling out was a viable option." -- Douglas Rushkoff, author of "Coercion" "As a boomer through and through, I was skeptical: a bunch of 35- to 45-year olds formally famous for their most excellent slacking could now save art, music, and activism from the corporate monoculture? But in this passionate, beautifully written ode to the generation that even stereotypes forgot, Jeff Gordinier has made me believe." --Leslie Savan, author of "Slam Dunks and No-Brainers" "As a Marine, I hate slackers. As an X-er, I hate manifestos. As an MBA, I hate jokes. This is a slacker manifesto filled withjokes. But it doesn't suck. In fact, it's pretty great." --Nathaniel Fick, author of "One Bullet Away"

aI loved this booka]itas impassioned, very quick on its feet, dense with all the right allusions, funny, and in the end, actually very moving.a
aNick Hornby, "The Believer"
"I think Jeff Gordinier might be the secret love child of Tom Wolfe and Douglas Coupland. This book is a fascinating, thought-provoking and funny look at America today. It's about more than Gen X, it's about everyone." --A.J. Jacobs, author of "The Year of Living Biblically" "This is the passionate defense that our much-maligned generation deserves." --Neal Pollack, author of "Alternadad" ""X Saves the World" is a great read-fast, funny and incisive. It's a thrill watching Jeff Gordinier spin his extensive cultural Rolodex and if I weren't so ironic and detached myself, I'd suggest anointing him the new voice of our generation-in-exile." --Jess Walter, author of "The Zero" "When future archeologists recover the artifacts from our failed civilization, may they at least find some reference to the forgotten sliver of a generation chronicled here, who dared to consider - even just consider - whether doing something other than selling out was a viable option." -- Douglas Rushkoff, author of "Coercion" "As a boomer through and through, I was skeptical: a bunch of 35- to 45-year olds formally famous for their most excellent slacking could now save art, music, and activism from the corporate monoculture? But in this passionate, beautifully written ode to the generation that even stereotypes forgot, Jeff Gordinier has made me believe." --Leslie Savan, author of "Slam Dunks and No-Brainers" "As a Marine, I hate slackers. As an X-er, I hate manifestos. As an MBA, I hate jokes. This is a slacker manifesto filled withjokes. But it doesn't suck. In fact, it's pretty great." --Nathaniel Fick, author of "One Bullet Away"

aI loved this book. . . . Itas impassioned, very quick on its feet, dense with all the right allusions, funny, and in the end actually very moving.a
aNick Hornby
aEver wonder what became of Generation X, those ironic slackers wedged between the paunchy, tie-dyed boomers and their smug offspring, the millennials? Gordinieras first-person manifesto starts with a thumbnail sketch of a90s disillusionment and ends with a passionate call for social activism.a
a"Wired"

"I loved this book. . . . It''s impassioned, very quick on its feet, dense with all the right allusions, funny, and in the end actually very moving."
-Nick Hornby

"Ever wonder what became of Generation X, those ironic slackers wedged between the paunchy, tie-dyed boomers and their smug offspring, the millennials? Gordinier''s first-person manifesto starts with a thumbnail sketch of ''90s disillusionment and ends with a passionate call for social activism."
-"Wired"
"I loved this book. . . . It's impassioned, very quick on its feet, dense with all the right allusions, funny, and in the end actually very moving."
-Nick Hornby
"Ever wonder what became of Generation X, those ironic slackers wedged between the paunchy, tie-dyed boomers and their smug offspring, the millennials? Gordinier's first-person manifesto starts with a thumbnail sketch of '90s disillusionment and ends with a passionate call for social activism."
-Wired

About the Author:

Jeff Gordinier is the editor at large of Details magazine. His work has appeared in Esquire, GQ, Fortune, Entertainment Weekly, and the Los Angeles Times, as well as in the Best American Nonrequired Reading and Best Creative Nonfiction anthologies.

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking Pr
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0670018589
• ISBN 13: 9780670018581
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 189