History Literature / Microserfs

* LimitedSocialCircle

* DancePartyEnding: Sort of, the last entry is about the night Dan and his friends attempted to recreate a Music/PinkFloyd stage show with laser pointers for [[spoiler:his disabled mother]]

* MythologyGag: The random words Dan inputs into his computer and the housemate's Jeopardy dream categories would appear again (though differently) in ''Literature/JPod''.

* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Microserfs'' has one in Coupland's 2006 novel ''{{Literature/jPod}}''.

* ArtifactTitle: The main cast all quit Microsoft relatively early on in the book and never go back
%%* BrickJoke: The Marilyn Monroe wig.

%%* LimitedSocialCircle

%%* TrueCompanions

* MythologyGag: The random words Dan inputs into his computer and the housemate's Jeopardy dream categories would appear again (though differently) in JPod.

* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Microserfs'' has one in Coupland's 2006 novel ''{{Series/jPod}}''.

* AFriendInNeed: When [[spoiler: Dan's mother has a stroke and becomes paralyzed, his friends all help take care of her.]]

* BrickJoke: The Marilyn Monroe wig.
* DancePartyEnding: Sort of, the last entry is about the night Dan and his friends attempted to recreate a Music/PinkFloyd stage show with laser pointers for [[spoiler: his disabled mother]]

* LimitedSocialCircle

* TrueCompanions

* DeadLittleSister: Jed casts a long shadow over Dan's family

* DancePartyEnding: Sort of, the last entry is about the night Dan and his friends attempted to recreate a PinkFloyd stage show with laser pointers for [[spoiler: his disabled mother]]

''Microserfs'' is the fourth novel by DouglasCoupland, written in 1995. It's about a group of friends who start out working junior positions at Microsoft in the early 90's and having little else to show for their life. After one of the group meets with Bill Gates himself for advice, they decide to quit Microsoft and move to Silicon Valley to start their own tech company, as well as get a life away from work.

''Microserfs'' is the forth novel by Douglas Coupland written in 1995. It's about a group of friends who start out working junior positions at Microsoft in the early 90's and having little else to show for their life besides. After one of the group meets with Bill Gates himself for advice, they decide to quit Microsoft and move to Silicon Valley to start their own tech company, as well as get a life away from work.

* AuthorFilibuster: All part of Coupland's appeal, of course. If the characters aren't in the process of developing themselves normally, they're going on deep filibusters about the past few decades, consumerism, changing technology (circa 1995), and the like.

* AuthorPhilibuster: All part of Coupland's appeal, of course. If the characters aren't in the process of developing themselves normally, they're going on deep philibusters about the past few decades, consumerism, changing technology (circa 1995), and the like.

''Microserfs'' is the forth novel by Douglas Coupland about a group of friends who start out working junior positions at Microsoft in the early 90's and having little else to show for their life besides. After one of the group meets with Bill Gates himself for advice, they decide to quit Microsoft and move to Silicon Valley to start their own tech company, as well as get a life away from work.