the third work of fiction in this period, written concurrently with the non-fiction "terry", is another re-envisioning of a previous book. "jpod", billed as "microserfs" for the google generation, is his first web 2.0 novel. the text of "jpod" recreates the experience of a novel read online on a notebook computer. "jpod" was a popular success, giving rise to a cbc television series for which coupland wrote the script. the series lasted one season before cancellation.