
13th Gen:
Abort, Retry, Ignore, Fail?
Publisher: Vintage
Year Published: 1993
ISBN: 978-0-679743-65-1
Price: $13.00
About this Publication
Born between 1961 and 1981, Gen-Xers (alias “13ers”) are literally the thirteenth generation to know the American flag and nation. This book shows how their “location in history” (Xers were, in fact, the real “children of the Consciousness Revolution”) helps explain their pragmatic attitude and unduly negative reputation.
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Praise for this Book
“Wouldn’t it, like, just be this way? I mean, how totally typical that baby-boomers would come along and sum up Generation X so damned well.”
— The Ottawa Sun (Ontario, Canada)
“Hope for the next generation may sound like wild speculation and wishful thinking, but in a book this bold and brilliant, it seems like gospel truth.”
— Sojourner magazine
“An honest, empathetic and good-humored effort to bridge the bitter gap between the twentysomethings and the fortysomethings.”
— Toronto Globe and Mail
“Before you decide that ‘GenXers’ are hopeless losers, heartless creeps, or whatever, read this book.”
— www.waza.com
“What do two Boomers know about our generation? Plenty!”
— Stanford Daily
13th-Gen…is an interesting, enlightening, sad, and sometimes funny book for members of any generation.”
— Syracuse Daily Orange
“It will change the way you think about this generation. It will challenge many of our basic assumptions about education, politics, society and the economy.”
— from www.nets.com
“For the first time, this generation’s concerns became real to me, a baby-boomer.”
— www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu
13th-Gen…hits the nail on the head. It is a fascinating read, made even more so by its unique format.”
— University of Maryland Diamondback
13th-Gen will disappear any time you put it down. Required reading for any 13er sick of being sneered at, and for those experiencing generational anger, pity or perplexity.”
— Calgary Herald (Alberta, Canada)
“This book has become my bible and my salvation from boomers and their incessant prattle about their greatness and our disappointment.”
— “Dead Trees,” Anti-Matter magazine
“Both Howe and Strauss are boomers, but their work marks a sea-change in perception among intellectuals. The 13ers…may just prove an American salvation.”
—London Daily Telegraph
“[D]on’t miss the final 23 pages of this book. The authors make 13 provocative predictions for this enigmatic generation that every armchair political analyst will want to consider.”
— David K. Ramey, Commonsense, Winter 1994
“I highly recommend this book. It will give GIs, Silents and Boomers a chance to ‘better understand’ this strange generation called X. [And] if you’re an Xer, I won’t just recommend 13th-Gen, I will tell you that you have to read this book. Even if it makes you angry, you need to read it— because this book does a better job than any other book or movie has ever done to really paint a picture of Generation X.”
— Rob Crowther, www.millennials.com webmaster


