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Feed
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 cause...more
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 cause...more
Paperback, 308 pages
Published
February 23rd 2004
by Candlewick Press
(first published September 23rd 2002)
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In lieu of a review here is a rant inspired by Feed, using actual examples from real-life teens to illustrate the possible retardation of our culture and language. Enjoy.
This is a discussion from the Emo Girls/Boys r HOT!! group on Goodreads. I wanted to see what our youth really talk like. I figured I'd get them at their best, discussing politics. Here's a sampling:
I"M BLACK BITCH!! i'd b racest against ME!! no....Obama is just a fag...plain & simple!!
ill bakk out right now... BYEZZZ
sorry...more
This is a discussion from the Emo Girls/Boys r HOT!! group on Goodreads. I wanted to see what our youth really talk like. I figured I'd get them at their best, discussing politics. Here's a sampling:
I"M BLACK BITCH!! i'd b racest against ME!! no....Obama is just a fag...plain & simple!!
ill bakk out right now... BYEZZZ
sorry...more
While I’m sitting here writing this review, a Seattle Groupon advertisement is trying to get me to buy nachos with some amazingly tasty-looking picture in my sidebar. Now I really want some nachos. I just turned on the television and the advertisements while I’m perusing the OnDemand selections (because who can be bothered to watch television in real time these days?) made me want to watch The Fighter again. But I’m not going to! (I’m going to watch Clueless, duh) My mom told me today that Bath...more
Apr 10, 2013
Sam
rated it
4 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommended to Sam by:
Maggie Stiefvater
“The natural world is so adaptable... So adaptable you wonder what's natural.”
Feed, to put it simply, is disturbing. This book gives us an almost apathetic look into an entirely conceivable future – a future where technology is everything and corporations own as much as the schools and clouds. Though, first and foremost, this is a book about a teenager. This is a book about Titus, a boy linked to the Feed, and his group of friends as they travel to the moon to have fun. But the moon turned out...more
Feed, to put it simply, is disturbing. This book gives us an almost apathetic look into an entirely conceivable future – a future where technology is everything and corporations own as much as the schools and clouds. Though, first and foremost, this is a book about a teenager. This is a book about Titus, a boy linked to the Feed, and his group of friends as they travel to the moon to have fun. But the moon turned out...more
oops, i accidentally liked this book. i swear it was unintentional. i was all set to hate it, especially after greg's review (which to be fair, was less about hating the book and more about hating the people this book might be hoping to educate) the wariness i had about it being in kidcode teenspeak was unnecessary - it was like reading clockwork orange or irvine welsh or anything else in dialect. i thought it was going to be written in contemporary teentalk, which is retarded, but if it's made-...more
Here's a fact: I don't like futuristic satire. I mean. It's always blah blah blah corporate this and blah blah blah takeover that and people are dumber and machines are everywhere and School (tm) and it all just feels to me like a line of cheap jokes being lobbed at basically what amounts to a society = wet paper towels, like, it doesn't take that much to punch through our faces anymore. And all of that stuff is in Feed, so, really the two of us were up against a wall together and one of us was...more
I started this book over a week ago and only got through the first page before all the "likes" turned me off. I took a break, read a few other books, and tried again. This time I got through two chapters before I closed the book and took a breath.
"I can't do this," I told myself. "I hate books that overuse our obnoxious vernacular. And the made-up words are annoying and stupid. I much preferred the made-up slang in A Clockwork Orange."
"So you're going to punish Anderson for using slang that is m...more
"I can't do this," I told myself. "I hate books that overuse our obnoxious vernacular. And the made-up words are annoying and stupid. I much preferred the made-up slang in A Clockwork Orange."
"So you're going to punish Anderson for using slang that is m...more
You could be eating Taco Bell tacos right now! In fact, there's a Taco Bell nearby calling your name!
Just think of that taste as the steaming beef-like substance hits your tongue, with Taco Bell's savory blend of spices all ready to give you MOUTHGASM! With a side of those cinnamon twists, and a big, plastic quart of a dark, sugary substance, you're ready to have a tasty tasty meal! And you've earned it! Perhaps you should consider buying some when you finish reading this review!
Because this re...more
Just think of that taste as the steaming beef-like substance hits your tongue, with Taco Bell's savory blend of spices all ready to give you MOUTHGASM! With a side of those cinnamon twists, and a big, plastic quart of a dark, sugary substance, you're ready to have a tasty tasty meal! And you've earned it! Perhaps you should consider buying some when you finish reading this review!
Because this re...more
Feed is dark, satirical and surprisingly funny. Don't be fooled by the blurb, which makes it out to be post-apocalyptic horridness. In a sense, it is, but not in the way the blurb makes it sound.
The story is about Titus and Violet, and the Feed - an internet connection implanted in the brain at birth. Titus, the narrator, is as ineloquent and bizarre as the rest of the world, and yet his narrative is startlingly deep and pretty; but not half as deep and pretty as Violet, who is a wonderful heroi...more
The story is about Titus and Violet, and the Feed - an internet connection implanted in the brain at birth. Titus, the narrator, is as ineloquent and bizarre as the rest of the world, and yet his narrative is startlingly deep and pretty; but not half as deep and pretty as Violet, who is a wonderful heroi...more
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 i...more
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 i...more
Jun 18, 2012
Tatiana
rated it
3 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommended to Tatiana by:
Catie
As seen on The Readventurer
I might feel uncertain if I actually liked Feed or not, but one thing I know for sure - the audio version of it is excellent. The book itself is unique because of its narrator - a teen in a future with a device in his head that directly connects him to the internet. Titus, who is constantly fed a cocktail of advertising, entertainment and targeted info, has an almost atrophied brain, he lacks in basic knowledge of speech or reading, because why bother if all communicat...more
I might feel uncertain if I actually liked Feed or not, but one thing I know for sure - the audio version of it is excellent. The book itself is unique because of its narrator - a teen in a future with a device in his head that directly connects him to the internet. Titus, who is constantly fed a cocktail of advertising, entertainment and targeted info, has an almost atrophied brain, he lacks in basic knowledge of speech or reading, because why bother if all communicat...more
When I read the jacket blurb about this book I knew I was going to have a fun time with this story. Add to the fact that Anderson admits being influenced by none other than Mr. Thomas Pynchon, and this book had serious potential. (I have serious man crush on Pynchon, which is really gross if I stop to think about it. But I digress.)
And then I read the first page.
Okay, I understand the need to get a voice of a character and to tell a story in that voice, if applicable. But this voice was atroci...more
And then I read the first page.
Okay, I understand the need to get a voice of a character and to tell a story in that voice, if applicable. But this voice was atroci...more
If this is how the world is going to end up, we need to divert all of our attention to space travel. We need to find a planet where we're not top dog, where our benevolent superiors make us behave, make creativity more important than creature comforts.
Alas - 'Feed' does not quite get us there. It's the reason we need to get there.
I can certainly see a time when we have chips in our head that stimulate our every sense and advertise non-stop. Technology keeps our strict hierarchies intact. When e...more
Alas - 'Feed' does not quite get us there. It's the reason we need to get there.
I can certainly see a time when we have chips in our head that stimulate our every sense and advertise non-stop. Technology keeps our strict hierarchies intact. When e...more
It 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
But
Sometimes different doesn't equal good.
2. The story itself was interesting
but
the writing sucked and it was "MEG" hard to get into
3. 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 numb
But
it could have been executed so mu...more
I'm straddling the proverbial fence on this bad boy:
On the positive hand,
1.It was a unique story
But
Sometimes different doesn't equal good.
2. The story itself was interesting
but
the writing sucked and it was "MEG" hard to get into
3. 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 numb
But
it could have been executed so mu...more
This is a strange, twisted novel about how fucked up our future could be... there are no more computers, no more books, no more hands-on information... everything is downloaded right into your head... the feed.
"I don't know when they first had feeds. Like, maybe, fifty or a hundred years ago. Before that they had to use their hands and eyes. Computers were all outside the body. They carried them around outside of them, in their hands, like if you carried your lungs in a briefcase and opened it...more
"I don't know when they first had feeds. Like, maybe, fifty or a hundred years ago. Before that they had to use their hands and eyes. Computers were all outside the body. They carried them around outside of them, in their hands, like if you carried your lungs in a briefcase and opened it...more
When I was sixteen, I caught an early matinee of The Man Who Fell To Earth. I was hungover after a night of serious teenage drinking, and that film made me decide to go straight-edge for the rest of my youth. It was such a cutting story, a hero's journey derailed by substance abuse, and it hit me at exactly the right moment.
Having just finished Feed by M. T. Anderson, I'm now wondering if I ought to pitch this whole Internet thing overboard as well. Put it down and run away screaming.
Feed reads...more
Having just finished Feed by M. T. Anderson, I'm now wondering if I ought to pitch this whole Internet thing overboard as well. Put it down and run away screaming.
Feed reads...more
Titus’s world is so fast-paced that the girls must dash off to the bathroom, not only to touch-up their make-up, but also to change their hairstyles, just to stay current with the latest fashions. M.T. Anderson has envisioned a commercialized future in which the corporate world truly controls everything, including things like the (no-longer-quite) public education in School™ (indicated by the trademark symbol~they took over once the government could no longer afford or control it) and the enviro...more
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First and Foremost, this book should be read by adults. It is great for young adults, in fact vital, but for adults it is also extremely important to read. The reason it is considered a young adult book is that in order to accurately portray the world correctly it is in a lingo that young adults would use and that adults would be too arrogant to want to read. Get over the vernacular and read it, the necessity of teen-speak should become apparent as you read.
This book provides a realistic world (...more
This book provides a realistic world (...more
Aug 28, 2008
Jackie "the Librarian"
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
fans of dark dystopian romances
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 c...more
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 c...more
Dystopian cyberpunk for teens. This is the first of Anderson's I've read and it disposes me to read more (which is good, since I bought it in order to see if I wanted to take on his The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume One: The Pox Party). Anderson captures teenspeak, sometimes excruciatingly so, and teen preoccupations. This is a cautionary tale about capitalism, consumerism, the environment, and technology. It is not a typical teen novel and its ending is als...more
I hated this book. I felt patronized and belittled by his futile attempt to relate with me. This book has no content and the English was horrendous. My head started to hurt about half a page through. I am accustomed to reading books that have meaning and structured grammar. I don’t spend my time on Young Adult novels because I can’t relate to them. Feed did exactly that. It ostracized me. It is by far the worst book I have ever read. I really wish that I could have quit after the first chapter....more
Like, it's not really five stars, okay? Like one major thing was meg cool and the other was meg emote, you know? But they didn't really mesh up together in the best way.
Okay, so like--yeah. Like, the satire, and the, like, writing style that should have gotten on my nerves but didn't because it was satire---that was like...like, whoa, unit. You know? And some of the lines and such were just, like, funny and still a statement. Like how even the parents and president talked like...I'm doing right...more
Okay, so like--yeah. Like, the satire, and the, like, writing style that should have gotten on my nerves but didn't because it was satire---that was like...like, whoa, unit. You know? And some of the lines and such were just, like, funny and still a statement. Like how even the parents and president talked like...I'm doing right...more
I gave this book three stars more for the world than for the story. I think that both the storyline and the world could have used some more development. The world however, is almost like a scary preview.
Almost everyone has the "Feed" inserted as a small child (perhaps as a baby?). Through the feed they can search dictionaries, encyclopedias and gather information. The feed is also a source of online shopping and constant "pop-up" adds. The feed learns what an individual is interested in and tail...more
Almost everyone has the "Feed" inserted as a small child (perhaps as a baby?). Through the feed they can search dictionaries, encyclopedias and gather information. The feed is also a source of online shopping and constant "pop-up" adds. The feed learns what an individual is interested in and tail...more
I began reading Feed only several days after the Newtown shootings. The tragedy at Newtown managed to push the envelope farther with ammunitions-related atrocities by once again reducing the lower bound age of massacre victims. It is difficult to cope with the slaughter of innocent people, and for most it's harder to surpass the innocence embodied by little children.
My emotions about the tragedy were immediately swept away from the valuable reflections, however, into the evaluation of other peo...more
My emotions about the tragedy were immediately swept away from the valuable reflections, however, into the evaluation of other peo...more
I'd like to start off by saying that this book is probably a good one in reality, but my experience reading it was not and therefore I hated it. I feel like under different circumstances, I could have like this book. The premise of everyone on earth having feeds in their minds is a great one and the futuristic-details of the book were fun.
Unfortunately, I had to read this book for my tenth grade english class, and I stand by my belief that reading books for class means you will never like them.
A...more
Unfortunately, I had to read this book for my tenth grade english class, and I stand by my belief that reading books for class means you will never like them.
A...more
A marvelous, sad, and moving book that I keep revisiting in my head. Anderson keeps the satire sharp and funny, but also creates an emotionally resonant story without ever betraying the fundamental rules of his world, in which nobody is very deep or very introspective or very articulate. In fact, one of the most astonishingly effective aspects of the book is the way that he shows us the impoverishment of thought through the impoverishment of language. The narrator of this book is inarticulate by...more
Feed has a good, interesting concept to work with: in the future, everyone's brain is linked to the Feed, so what we've always dreamed of is a reality—we are literally on the Internet ALL THE TIME. What this means is that the Feed is always learning about you and your preferences and recommending things for you to buy, you have the whole Internet's worth of information at your fingertips, you can cyberchat with people without having to type anything, and, oh, your brain is full of ads. The audio...more
Tommy Beard
Rich
English II
10 October 2011
Book Review C
Anderson, M.T. Feed. Massachusetts. Candlewick Press, 2004.
I could not make up my mind about what I thought about Feed by M.T. Anderson. After hearing reviews from different people and reading the backing cover, I thought that Feed would be a good fit for me. The summary reminded me of The Giver which I have read multiple times and is one of my favorite books ever. Sadly, although the main ideas in The Giver and Feed are alike, Feed did not h...more
This book was recommended by one of my library school classmates. One of the topics we talk about quite often in classes is the future of information. How will it be stored and in what format? Are books on their way to extinction (this topic in particular is a favorite)? What is the best way to convey information to each other? One article we read discussed the idea that in the future we will not have text, we will only have images. The same article also discussed the idea of libraries storing n...more
The irony of seeing all the ads on goodreads to get me to this page is not escaping me.
Feed is a novel that needs to be experienced. Anderson projects a world where fast-paced internet consumerism has taken over society, where people have the internet basically wired into their bodies, directly feeding them a stream of advertisement based on their every random thought. It's cleverly done. Anderson beats the reader over the head with a devolved and annoying language (the people are so dumbed-dow...more
Feed is a novel that needs to be experienced. Anderson projects a world where fast-paced internet consumerism has taken over society, where people have the internet basically wired into their bodies, directly feeding them a stream of advertisement based on their every random thought. It's cleverly done. Anderson beats the reader over the head with a devolved and annoying language (the people are so dumbed-dow...more
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Matthew Tobin Anderson (M. T. Anderson), (1968- ) is an author, primarily of picture books for children and novels for young adults. Anderson lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
His picture books include Handel Who Knew What He Liked; Strange Mr. Satie; The Serpent Came to Gloucester; and Me, All Alone, at the End of the World. He has written such young adult books as Thirsty, Burger Wuss, Feed, The...more
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His picture books include Handel Who Knew What He Liked; Strange Mr. Satie; The Serpent Came to Gloucester; and Me, All Alone, at the End of the World. He has written such young adult books as Thirsty, Burger Wuss, Feed, The...more
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