1992 "First Pocket Books hardcover printing September 1992" stated on copyright page; Pocket Books publishers, New York; hardbound; very good condition with unmarked pages; dust jacket very good.
 
Description -
Shampoo Planet is Douglas Coupland's second novel, published by Pocket Books in 1992. It is a thematic followup to Coupland's first novel, Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture. The novel deals with Tyler, a Global Teen, who shares many characteristics of the character Tyler from Generation X, the younger brother of Andy, Generation X's narrator. The novel tells the story of Tyler's life as he arrives home from Europe, and the fallout of this trip and beyond.
 
Inspiration -
The novel is about the generation after the X generation. The primary character, Tyler, is a "Global Teen", what was popularly labeled in the media as Generation Y. They are the children of the hippy generation, who "react by loving corporations, and they don't mind wearing ties. To them, Ronald Reagan is emperor".  They exist in a globally connected world marked out by advertising and corporate power. They are optimistic when compared with their siblings in the X Generation.
 
However, they do not have experience with leaders who show care for other people. "I still remember Jimmy Carter. I still remember Pierre Trudeau. I still remember a time when society cared about other people. But there's nothing in these kids' databases to show that there are other options, that it wasn't always dog eat dog. Older people have to somehow convince young people that better things are possible."