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Title | : | Feed |
Author | : | M.T. Anderson |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 308 pages |
Published | : | February 23rd 2004 by Candlewick Press (first published September 23rd 2002) |
Categories | : | Young Adult. Science Fiction |
M.T. Anderson
Paperback | Pages: 308 pages Rating: 3.54 | 53280 Users | 6527 Reviews
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Identity crises, consumerism, and star-crossed teenage love in a futuristic society where people connect to the Internet via feeds implanted in their brains.For Titus and his friends, it started out like any ordinary trip to the moon - a chance to party during spring break and play with some stupid low-grav at the Ricochet Lounge. But that was before the crazy hacker caused all their feeds to malfunction, sending them to the hospital to lie around with nothing inside their heads for days. And it was before Titus met Violet, a beautiful, brainy teenage girl who has decided to fight the feed and its omnipresent ability to categorize human thoughts and desires. Following in the footsteps of George Orwell, Anthony Burgess, and Kurt Vonnegut Jr., M. T. Anderson has created a not-so-brave new world — and a smart, savage satire that has captivated readers with its view of an imagined future that veers unnervingly close to the here and now.
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Original Title: | Feed |
ISBN: | 0763622591 (ISBN13: 9780763622596) |
Edition Language: | English URL http://www.candlewick.com/cat.asp?browse=Title&mode=book&isbn=0763622591&pix=n |
Literary Awards: | Golden Duck Award for Young Adult (Hal Clement Award) (2003), Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature (2002), Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Nominee for Fiction (2003), National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature (2002) |
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Ratings: 3.54 From 53280 Users | 6527 ReviewsDiscuss Appertaining To Books Feed
I'm shaken.After reading this book, I've been revisiting everything about my life: how much time I spend in my iPhone, my values, my self-image. What is me and what is product of advertising? As a marketer, I've always been clear that marketing is a reflection of who we are more than the other way around but as I read this book, I realized the cumulative effect of having all the messages bombard us since we're pretty much in the womb. And even though our brains tells us that today's standards ofIt must be the week for me to be reading weird books... first "Unwind" and now this....I'm straddling the proverbial fence on this bad boy:On the positive hand,1.It was a unique story ButSometimes different doesn't equal good. 2. The story itself was interestingbutthe writing sucked and it was "MEG" hard to get into3. It was a cool take on how technology can be beneficial, but in extreme quantities we are actually worse off, to the point it makes our mind numbButit could have been executed so
While I did end up liking this book I was very close to banishing it to the back of my bookshelf.This book is one that I found hard to get into, the beginning is slow and slightly tedious with the slang and the "Like, totally, man" quality of the narrators speech, it wasn't 'til about page 48 that I really started getting into it and even then it (in my opinion) wasn't very well-done. It seemed at times like the author was trying too hard to get his point across/to make you see the satire that
It's the future, the internet is beamed directly into your head, people live in domes because the air and water outside is so polluted, people are getting lesions on their skin and their hair is falling out, and all anyone thinks about is amusing their jaded selves and buying stuff. But don't bother visiting the moon, 'cause it's totally lame.The one exception is Violet, but she was homeschooled, so she's pretty weird. But Titus kind of likes her anyway. Too bad her feed got so fried. Anderson
"Poetry for the ear!" Welcome to post-literary society, where everything you need (or do not need, for that matter) is spoon-fed to you, straight into your brain. No need for books! Every once in a while, my universe is thoroughly shaken, and I feel like I lose ground. 2016 has proven to be more of a strain on my nerves than I consider healthy, with political developments in the whole world going from merely bad to pure demagoguery, with news that are disturbing almost every day. My one
If you were to choose only one YA book to read in your lifetime, it should be this book.Feed portrays the near future world North Americans are currently barreling towards, and, as a result, this book is horrifying, terrifying, and brilliant all at the same time. You don't need to read my review, you need to go out and read this book, now. It's a fast pace and shouldn't take very long to whip through. I keep it on my shelf because it's genius, but it's so chilling I can't stand to reread it.It's
3.5/5 stars - Read for my young adult literature class.
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