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Feed

By: M. T. Anderson
Narrated by: David Aaron Baker
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"This satire offers a thought-provoking and scathing indictment that may prod readers to examine the more sinister possibilities of corporate - and media-dominated culture." (Publishers Weekly (starred review)

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 listeners with its view of an imagined future that veers unnervingly close to the here and now.

©2002 M.T. Anderson (P)2003 Random House, Inc., Listening Library, An Imprint Of Random House Audio Publishing Group Difficult Situations Dystopian Family & Relationships Fiction Friendship Literature & Fiction Science Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy Witty Comedy Fantasy

Critic Reviews

"A gripping, intriguing and unique cautionary novel." (School Library Journal)

"This brilliant production for older teen listeners enhances Anderson's portrait of a world gone sour, in which even the adults have forgotten how to use language, and everything is dying, including the kids." (AudioFile)

"Anderson deftly combines elements of today's teen scene...with imaginative and disturbing fantasy twists...This satire offers a thought-provoking and scathing indictment that may prod readers to examine the more sinister possibilities of corporate- and media-dominated culture." (Publishers Weekly)

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Should be a warning an a sign of the times for our social media sarurated world. A beautiful story with fantastic narration.

Harrowing and heartbreaking

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The narrator accurately conveys the stupidity of the general population in his voices, and the jungles and advertising from the feed throughout exemplifies the overwhelmingly constant consumerism and advertising playing constantly in the characters minds! An excellent audio adaptation of the novel!

Encapsulates the mood so well!

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A really deep and in depth look at how the future youth of America behave

not a feel good comedy romp. but it's good

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The Audiobook format really works for this story. it's imperfect but I thought about it for a long time after finishing it. (And the depiction of the president is eerily prophetic.)

Thought provoking

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Envision a future where technology advances rapidly. A future where the government puts a chip inside you, tracks your movements and records your thoughts. A future where technology infiltrates your life and corrupts your ability to feel. Welcome to the world of ‘Feed’. In this future world, people are surgically-implanted with a device (Feed), which enables the user to communicate electronically with others, look up any information, access limitless hours of free entertainment and advertisements for products. The Feed even grows with them and takes over many of their basic functions, to the point where being able to read, write and even speak out loud is considered strange. The forests have gone and meat is genetically engineered to grow in huge slabs. People’s skin falls off due to disease and is marketed as the latest thing in ‘fashion’. Driven to distraction, very few people notice anything, even that the world is dying. For Titus and his friends, their journey starts out like any ordinary trip to the moon, a chance to party during spring break. It's here they meet Violet, a girl who has decided to fight the Feed and its omnipresent ability to categorise human thoughts and desires. They go to a club where a mysterious hacker attacks Titus and his friends’ Feeds, which malfunction and send them to the hospital to lie around with nothing inside their heads for days. Filled with ‘modern’ teen slang and expressions and a strong narrative voice that's consistent throughout, Feed is a terrific twist on the YA dystopian sub-genre, Cyberpunk, blending the realities of teenage friendships with a rather sinister vision of a future that veers unnervingly close to the present. For readers 14+

Eeriely futuristic- digital transformation and tec

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Really difficult to get into. The writing is very clunky. And has a clumsy element of cringe. I really tried to get through it for book club but I cannot continue trying to enjoy or even listen to this story. Also the women’s voices in the audio fic are insipid.

Unlistenable

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