Feed - Rambling Readers

English language

ISBN:: 978-0-7636-2259-6

(1 review)

Feed (2002) is a young adult dystopian novel of the cyberpunk subgenre written by M. T. Anderson. The novel focuses on issues such as corporate power, consumerism, information technology, data mining, and environmental decay, with a sometimes sardonic, sometimes somber tone. From the first-person perspective of a teen boy, the book takes place in a near-futuristic American culture completely dominated by advertising and corporate exploitation, corresponding to the enormous popularity of internetworking brain implants.

2 editions

crabbygirl reviewed Feed by M. T. Anderson

Review of 'Feed' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

totally awesome!
listened to this audiobook on my mp3 player and i think that's the best way to ge the full effect - all the jammin' ads and the US president's drawl and the dumb music and the fashion trends coming so fast...
the only drawback is it goes by too quickly. some parts need to sink in to get the full allegory affect. so maybe i'll read it next.
this was the first science fiction that i read and actually loved. written back in '02, the author's got a keen sense of the future of media - scary. i'd love to share it with my kids (it's YA novel) but the language (the language of teens) is all F-this and F-that, and of course it makes sense when the teens are talking. but then the parents start talking and they are all dumbed-down too and you get it: language …

totally awesome!
listened to this audiobook on my mp3 player and i think that's the best way to ge the full effect - all the jammin' ads and the US president's drawl and the dumb music and the fashion trends coming so fast...
the only drawback is it goes by too quickly. some parts need to sink in to get the full allegory affect. so maybe i'll read it next.
this was the first science fiction that i read and actually loved. written back in '02, the author's got a keen sense of the future of media - scary. i'd love to share it with my kids (it's YA novel) but the language (the language of teens) is all F-this and F-that, and of course it makes sense when the teens are talking. but then the parents start talking and they are all dumbed-down too and you get it: language has deteriorated through the use of quick messaging and everyone's speech patterns are clipped.
and using my mp3 player made the story even more relevant. i was in walmart (the story in my ear the whole multi-tasking time) and couldn't help but notice the absolute junk we don't need, and yet still keep making: like gift card tins to hold this new type of present; you know, that present that doesn't somehow scream: i couldn't be bothered or you've forgotten that gratitude belongs to the thought and not the thing is, or is not, in the bag. but we've been fed that this is the thoughtful gift. ok, that's a rant for another day. but i felt so detached seeing this useless consumerism meant to placate the masses. and the story is going on my head, like the 'feed' of the book, and i'm surrounded by people, but i'm so alone, and why is everyone just... loading up their carts... like this is an accomplishment?
anyhow. highly, highly reccommended. and the audiobook is the way to go