Generation A (v5) by Douglas Coupland

Author:Douglas Coupland
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Science Fiction, Literature, Fiction
ISBN: 9781439157015
Publisher: Scribner
Published: 2009-10-05T04:00:00+00:00

BABY BLANKET

BAKERY BOX WHITE

BELL FLOWER

BITUMEN

BLUE ASTER

BLUE CORN

BOX TURTLE

BROOM HANDLE

CAKE BATTER

CAMEO CASHEW

CHALKBOARD GREEN

CLOUDLESS DAY

CURLEW

DAGUERREOTYPE

DUCK’S BILL.

DUCK’S EGG

FADED INK

FOXGLOVE

I was just about to envision “Galapagos” when there was a roar, like the leaf blower of the gods, and several men shouting. My room’s door was busted open yet again! It was a team of DEA agents, just like in movies, except that their outfits were old and threadbare, so shoddy, in fact, that I was unsure if my rescuers were genuine DEA agents—but an open door is an open door. I fled, and as I did I saw my hill-people captors being clubbed on the head like Canadian baby seals. It is uncharitable of me to say so, but I was quite happy to witness them in pain.

Near the house was a helicopter. Somebody shouted, “Hop in!” And so I did, all the while thinking about how blasé I’d become about air travel in recent weeks. We soon landed at a private airstrip where a small corporate jet blazoned with the Disney logo awaited us.

“We are going to Disney World?”

“No. You’ re going to Canada. We got this jet cheap from Disney.”

I’d read about Disney’s huge fire sale the year before, on reuters.com.

I boarded the jet and the doors closed. I was the sole passenger. Through a smooth five-hour flight, I ate a bag of potato chips and drank a bottle of water. We landed in Masset, on Haida Gwaii, at sunset. Zack and Sam arrived at the small airstrip moments after me, on two different planes.

Who could be paying for all of these extravagant flights? Vintage honey brokers?

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