• 1995: The Bombshelter was immortalized in Douglas Coupland's novel Microserfs.
  • Microsefs gives a glimpse into the lives of employees of Microsoft: the people that create the technology that sits on the majority of office desks in the world.
  • As two geeks try to "get a life" they are featured at the Bombshelter on the UW campus.
  • Quote from the book:
  • "Waterloo's student pub is better than others I've seen. "The Bomb Shelter," with an all-black inside, a large bomb painted on the wall, big screen TV, video games, pool and air hockey."