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Anderson gives us this world through the voice of a boy who, like everyone around him, is almost completely inarticulate, whose vocabulary, in a dead-on parody of the worst teenspeak, depends heavily on three words: "like," "thing," and the second most common English obscenity. He's even made this vapid kid a bit sympathetic, as a product of his society who dimly knows something is missing in his head. The details are bitterly funny--the idiotic but wildly popular sitcom called "Oh? Wow! Thing!", the girls who have to retire to the ladies room a couple of times an evening because hairstyles have changed, the hideous lesions on everyone that are not only accepted, but turned into a fashion statement. And the ultimate awfulness is that when we finally meet the boy's parents, they are just as inarticulate and empty-headed as he is, and their solution to their son's problem is to buy him an expensive car.
Although there is a danger that at first teens may see the idea of brain-computers as cool, ultimately they will recognize this as a fascinating novel that says something important about their world. (Ages 14 and older) --Patty Campbell --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
All-too-accurate future distopia,
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This review is from: Feed (Hardcover)
Titus and his friends are bored on their spring break, so they decide to take a trip to the moon. Through their feed, which is basically a hyped-up Schwarzenegger version of the internet that is lodged in their nervous system, they hear about a cool club. They go to the club and meet people with the best clothes, the best hair, and the dj's playing the best songs, all thanks to the feed, which unfailingly supplies all the latest trends and can even make recommendations for Titus based on his past purchases (much like amazon!).But at the club, something goes very wrong. A hacker working for the Coalition of Pity scams his way into Titus' and his friend's feed, knocking them unconscious. They have to be hospitalized and patched up, and off of the feed for days. Titus recovers, but his girlfriend Violet's feed has been so damaged, it could be fatal. M.T. Anderson has written a gripping tale of what life in the not-too-distant future could be like, if America and the west doesn't curb it's appetite for more and more. He writes what it could become like for a young person like Titus to grow up without actually thinking and feeling, but being "fed" by corporations everything he *thinks* he needs. This is one of the smartest and most important books I've read this year. If you ever worry about the repurcussions of consumer society, you should check out this book.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Fed, but not Feeding,
By Anastasia Prozorova "Prokrida" (Montreal, Canada) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
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This review is from: Feed (Paperback)
This book is, in a way, an echo of Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451". But while Bradbury talks about an older type of technology (books), Anderson refers to the modern one (Internet). It's interesting though that Bradbury focused on the issue of banning the citizens from using the technology (as reading books was outlawed in his dystopian novel) while Anderson decided to explore the overuse of technology (as Internet became a nutrient for the human's body in his book).I still feel that Ray Bradbury's critique sounds more compelling and convincing than Anderson's because Bradbury masterfully portrayed both sides of the story: people using the technology and people banning its use. Contrary, Anderson only talks about those "fed" by the technology and completely skips on the portrayal of those who are "feeding"... In any case, "Feed" is worth a read as it brings the gender into picture. Anderson captures the reader with his depiction of the world where teeth and shoulder extensions become a fashionable "cosmetic" procedure; the world in which scars and incisions so deep that 'you can see her like muscles and tendons and ligaments and stuff' (p.199) become "hot" and "desirable" on a woman's body; the world in which the words of American anthropologist, Helen Fisher, would sound particularly disturbing as she says "I don't think honestly that we are an animal built to be happy. We are an animal built to reproduce"...
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Two-Dimensional, Unlikable Characters,
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I'm always intrigued by dystopian literature and the society in this novel is frighteningly possible. How easily today's online technology could turn into this society's implanted technology! However, while I found the society intriguing I wasn't terribly fond of the book. Right from the first page, I found the profanity annoying. I have a hard time reading books that swear at me, especially when it has no real value. I also didn't like any of the main characters, they felt very two-dimensional. This is also a depressing story and while I don't mind (I even often enjoy a good depressing book!), combined with unlikable characters it left me thinking ... ho-hum, whatever.
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