> This is remarkable. While they mention Howe and Strauss in passing, > noting their book GENERATIONS, they make no reference to the duo's > DEFINING analysis of Generation X, 13TH GEN: ABORT, RETRY, IGNORE, > FAIL. This is like writing a book on the history of rock and only > giving The Beatles one sentence. Funny .. I thought I was the only member of our generation to have read this book. It left a profound impact on me, making me realize that I wasn't alone in my plight. For a few years, I even edited an online magazine called "13" that took its title from their book. john micek On Jul 29, 2006, at 8:48 AM, Sam Smith wrote: > Marty Rudnick wrote: >> I don't know who decides this stuff...but fascinating... >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_X > > This is the book that changed my life, because up until then I > thought it was just me. It's one of the most important books > written in the past couple decades, and I highly recommend it to > anybody who wants to get a handle on X: http://www.amazon.com/gp/ > product/0679743650/104-1946793-0882340?v=glance&n=283155 www.amazon.com/gp/product/0679743650/104-1946793-0882340? > v=glance&n=283155> > > Their subsequent book on Millennials, MILLENNIALS RISING, is also > really good, despite the fact that it's a little blinded in places > by the fact that both authors have Millennial kids who they're > quite taken by. Nonetheless, if you want to understand the gen that > started being born around 1980 - the Baby on Board Generation, if > you will - it's a really good resource: http://www.amazon.com/gp/ > product/0375707190/ref=pd_sim_b_2/104-1946793-0882340?ie=UTF8 > > -- > ___________________ > Sam Smith, PhD > > mobile: 336.480.6179 > skype: docsammy22 > e-mail: sam@lullabypit.com > web: http://www.lullabypit.com > usps: 1805 Brantley St. > Winston-Salem NC 27103 > > "...it's a lonesome thing to be passing small towns with the lights > shining sideways when the night is down, or going in strange places > with a dog nosing before you and a dog nosing behind, or drawn to > the cities where you'd hear a voice kissing and talking deep love > in every shadow of the ditch, and you passing on with an empty, > hungry stomach failing from your heart." > > John Millington Synge >