Polaroids from the Dead
| Copyright Holder | Douglas Coupland |
| Publisher | Harper Perennial |
| Book Design by | Nina Gaskin |
| Copyright Holder (Cover/Jacket Art) | Robert Karpa |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Location | Toronto |
| Copyright | 1996 |
| This Edition Published | 1997 |
| Pages / Font | 198 pages |
| ISBN | 0-00-648069-1 |
| Barcode | 9 780006 480693 |
| Chapters | Introduction Part One: Polaroids from the Dead 1. The 1960s Are Disneyland 2. You Are Afraid of the Smell of Shit 3. You Are Exhausted by Risk 4. T or F: Self-Perfection Is Attainable Within Your Lifetime 5. Tinkering with Oblivion Carries Risks 6. You Don't Own Your Body 7. You Fear Involuntary Sedation 8. You Can't Remember What You Chose to Forget 9. Technology Will Spare Us the Tedium of Repeating History 10. How Clear Is Your Vision of Heaven? Part Two: Portraits of People and Places 11. Lions Gate Bridge, Vancouver, B.C., Canada 12. The German Reporter 13. Postcard from the Former East Berlin (Circus Envy) 14. Letter to Kurt Cobain 15. Harolding in West Vancouver 16. Two Postcards from the Bahamas 17. Postcard from Palo Alto 18. James Rosenquist's F-111 (F-One Eleven) 19. Postcard from Los Alamos (Acid Canyon) 20. Washington, D.C.: Four Microstories, Super Tuesday 1992 Part Three: Brentwood Notebook |
| Notes | The following essays first appeared in slightly different form in these publications: "Polaroids from the Dead" in Spin (April 1992); "Lions Gate Bridge" (originally titled "This Bridge Is Ours") in Vancouver Magazine (March 1994); "The German Reporter" in Tempo; "Letter to Kurt Cobain" in The Washington Post; "Harolding in West Vancouver" (February 1994), "Postcard from Los Alamos (Acid Canyon)" (February 1994), "Postcard from Palo Alto" (May 1994) and portions of "Brentwood Notebook" (December 1994) in The New Republic; "James Rosenquist's F-111" in Artforum (April 1994). |
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