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Feed (Newsflesh, #1)

Mira Grant

Start date: April 1, 2011

Finish date: May 1, 2011

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Why we're reading this: In 2014, two experimental viruses—a genetically engineered flu strain designed by Dr. Alexander Kellis, i…more
[close] In 2014, two experimental viruses—a genetically engineered flu strain designed by Dr. Alexander Kellis, intended to act as a cure for the common cold, and a cancer-killing strain of Marburg, known as "Marburg Amberlee"—escaped the lab and combined to form a single airborne pathogen that swept around the world in a matter of days. It cured cancer. It stopped a thousand cold and flu viruses in their tracks.

It raised the dead.

Millions died in the chaos that followed. The summer of 2014 was dubbed "The Rising," and only the lessons learned from a thousand zombie movies allowed mankind to survive. Even then, the world was changed forever. The mainstream media fell, Internet news acquired an undeniable new legitimacy, and the CDC rose to a new level of power.

Set twenty years after the Rising, the Newsflesh trilogy follows a team of bloggers, led by Georgia and Shaun Mason, as they search for the brutal truths behind the infection. Danger, deceit, and betrayal lurk around every corner, as does the hardest question of them all:

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Oct 03, 2015 Carl Alves rated it it was amazing

Feed takes place in the year 2039, 25 years after the zombie outbreak that occurred in 2014. In this novel, the characters are not facing a full on apocalypse. Despite the presence of zombies, much of society is intact. There are fully-operating restaurants, blogs, and even a presidential campaign. Georgia and Shaun Mason are a brother and sister duo who run a blog and have been chosen to cover the presidential campaign of Senator Ryman. Georgia is a straight news reporter while Shaun does crazy ...more

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Nov 02, 2012 MichelleCH rated it liked it

Shelves: contemporary-fic, dystopian, end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it

First, let me share that I love the dystopian nature of zombies and the possibility that in the name of progress scientists could screw things up so royally that *bam*, we accidentally trigger an epidemic of flesh-eating humans! So with that said, I was very excited to read Feed. The teaser description for the book also promised much.

Overall it was a story that I got into but it definitely could have been made much stronger. The story revolves around a brother/ sister journalist team that surviv ...more

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Dec 29, 2011 Judie rated it it was amazing

I was initially drawn to this because of the zombies. Then it gave me more things that are smack dab in the middle of my favorite themes. It's like campaign season on The West Wing, a promising look at what social media junkies could be dabbling at decades ahead, then factor in an interesting spin on virus strains, and you get the first part of the Newsflesh trilogy. Or at least just a gist of it. I can't wait to get to the 2nd and 3rd installments! ...more

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