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Brilliant satire of a not-so-distant futuristic society. Anderson's dark view of consumerism, increased technology and loss of language hits home.
Even though the book was written years ago, the book is still incredibly relevant and, with each passing year, seems to come closer in describing our own society. Has technology and consumerism devoured what is left of humanity?
I'm curious to see the reactions of the teens when we discuss this in a few weeks. Will the teens understand satire?
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Even though the book was written years ago, the book is still incredibly relevant and, with each passing year, seems to come closer in describing our own society. Has technology and consumerism devoured what is left of humanity?
I'm curious to see the reactions of the teens when we discuss this in a few weeks. Will the teens understand satire?
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Ahh, tales of the dystopian future! I really enjoyed this. It made me think a lot about technology and consumerism and where our world is headed, without being preachy or dull. The voice in this book is really interesting and distinct -- he creates a really unique diction and vocabulary for the teens of the future. I highly recommend this as a book on CD for that reason. It's a totally brag performance.
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After I fell in love with The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol. 1: The Pox Party, I found out M.T. Anderson had written YA scifi, aka basically my favorite thing ever. This is the story of a teenager in a dystopic future where everyone has had computers installed in their brains (the feed of the title), consumerism rules the world, and the environment is dead. Interesting use of language -- everyone uses futuristic slang (not to mention lots of "ums" and "likes",
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I just updated my review b/c I realized that even though I didn't like it when I first read it in 2008 because if felt so derivative, I still book talk it all the time and it's a great book for young people. I have increasingly complicated feelings about YA (or weird, demented nostalgia about how I read "adult" books in middle school) and I appreciate Feed's darkness and intelligence. It's just not William Gibson or Ray Bradbury!
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In this cautionary book, YA (Young Adult) author Anderson takes a familiar element of cyberpunk fiction and applies it to American teenage culture in the far future. In this vision of "wetware", brains can be directly wired to the internet, creating a streaming"feed" of audio, video, and text that operates as a kind of second level of consciousness. For full review, see http://www.amazon.com/review/R2V10FAI...
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Wholly Moolly.... this book should be on the required reading list for every high school... it's so relevant. I love the way it attack's contemporary consumer culture so creatively. Once you get past the language... this is one the best books I've ever read.
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The most prescient book I've ever read.
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