Feed by M.T. AndersonMy rating: 2 of 5 stars
Book Description
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 nnervingly close to the here and now. http://www.amazon.com/Feed-M-T-Anderson/dp/0763662623/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1345651596&sr=1-1&keywords=feed+by+m.t.+anderson
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 nnervingly close to the here and now. http://www.amazon.com/Feed-M-T-Anderson/dp/0763662623/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1345651596&sr=1-1&keywords=feed+by+m.t.+anderson
Don't get me wrong, I love a good fantasy! I loved the overall idea of this book. Especially with our world becoming more and more technologically minded. It's a concept that's a bit too close for comfort with today's world of technology. Kids especially cannot go for more than a day without texting friends or communicating with some device. M.T. Anderson writes about a future dystopic world where feeds, or communication transmitters, quite literally link everyone to the commercial world around them from a "feed" installed in their brains. Reading, writing and even independent thought are a thing of the past. Titus meets Violet, a girl who decides to fight the feed.
Be forewarned, this story is FULL of swears, more than I feel was necessary to get his point across. The premise was good. His execution, in my opinion, went overboard and was unnecessary.
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