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Feed

by M. T. Anderson

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ISBN13: 9780763622596
ISBN10: 0763622591
Condition: Standard
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Staff Pick

If you had your iPod touch, email, bank account, and family business all organized and recorded in an implant at the base of your neck, what would your world look like? Would you even bother talking? Would you care? Take a peek at our future and ask the questions that Anderson asks of his characters. No true science-fiction aficionado should miss Feed.
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Publisher Comments:

A brilliant new satire from the author of Burger Wuss

For Titus and his friends, it started out like any ordinary trip to the moon — a chance to party during spring break and play around 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 knows something about what it's like to live without the feed — and about resisting 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 brave new world — and a hilarious new lingo — sure to appeal to anyone who appreciates smart satire, futuristic fiction laced with humor, or any story featuring skin lesions as a fashion statement.

Identity crises, consumerism, and star-crossed teenage love in a futuristic society where people connect to the Internet via feeds implanted in their brains.

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

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"M.T. Anderson has created the perfect device for an ingenious satire of corporate America and our present-day value system...Like those in a funhouse mirror, the reflections the novel shows us may be ugly and distorted, but they are undeniably ourselves." The Horn Book, starred review

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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

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"The crystalline realization of this wildly dystopic future carries in it obvious and enormous implications for today's readers — satire at its finest." Kirkus Reviews, starred review

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"Subversive, vigorously conceived, painfully situated at the juncture where funny crosses into tragic, Feed demonstrates that young-adult novels are alive and well and able to deliver a jolt." The New York Times Book Review

Synopsis:

The stunning National Book Award finalist that follows in the footsteps of George Orwell, Anthony Burgess, and Kurt Vonnegut Jr. — a smart, savage satire of an imagined future — is now in paperback.

Synopsis:

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

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About the Author

M. T. Anderson is on the faculty of Vermont College's MFA Program in Writing for Children. He is the author of the novels Thirsty and Burger Wuss, and the picture-book biography Handel, Who Knew What He Liked. He says of Feed, "To write this novel, I read a huge number of magazines like Seventeen, Maxim, and Stuff. I eavesdropped on conversations in malls, especially when people were shouting into cell phones. Where else could you get lines like, 'Dude, I think the truffle is totally undervalued'?
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Angela Ross, February 3, 2012 (view all comments by Angela Ross)
Who needs computers,iPhones or even Google when "the Feed" resides in your brain? Your desires, preferences and interests are stored and come back to you in ads and suggestions on the feed. A story, although intended for the young adult audience, resonates with all of us as. The future is here and it knows who you are and what you want. Fascinating and prescient story.
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bookcancer, September 20, 2011 (view all comments by bookcancer)
When I first picked up the book, I wasn't fully interested. Not only was it not very long, but skimming the first couple pages I didn't find it very comprehensible. However, after having it recommended to me countless times, I finally read it. I must say that Feed has caused a huge impact in not only my perception of our future as a human race, but others' perceptions as well. M.T. Anderson forcefully integrates you through altered language and foreign concepts into this future world where everyone is connected to the "Feed". The Feed is an electronic system, connecting everyone, that tells you what to like, what to buy, what's new, what's old, and everything else you could possibly need. The Feed is such a complex idea, and is provided as a means to dumb down our society. It is truly a culture shock to read this book, and you are left having to disect the meanings of certain terms as you go along. Most important, though, this book is not predictable. M.T. Anderson leaves you to believe that this is a classic tale of tyranny and overcoming. That is not the case, which I was surprised to discover. This is not a book that you can go your whole life without experiencing. This should be recommended reading for every person, in my opinion. Read it. You won't be disappointed.
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N, January 11, 2010 (view all comments by N)
Very thought provoking book. Where are we headed? A must read!
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780763622596
Author:
Anderson, M. T.
Publisher:
Candlewick Press (MA)
Location:
Cambridge, MA
Subject:
Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic
Subject:
Science fiction
Subject:
Children's 12-Up - Fiction - Science Fiction
Subject:
Fantasy & Magic
Subject:
Implants, Artifical
Subject:
Children s-Science Fiction and Fantasy
Copyright:
2004
Edition Number:
1st paperback ed.
Edition Description:
Trade paper
Series Volume:
2004-4
Publication Date:
20040331
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
from 9
Language:
English
Pages:
320
Dimensions:
8.14x4.34x.86 in. .57 lbs.
Age Level:
from 14
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Product details 320 pages Candlewick Press (MA) - English 9780763622596 Reviews:
"Staff Pick" by ,

If you had your iPod touch, email, bank account, and family business all organized and recorded in an implant at the base of your neck, what would your world look like? Would you even bother talking? Would you care? Take a peek at our future and ask the questions that Anderson asks of his characters. No true science-fiction aficionado should miss Feed.

by Mary Z.
"Review" by , "A gripping, intriguing, and unique cautionary novel."
"Review" by , "M.T. Anderson has created the perfect device for an ingenious satire of corporate America and our present-day value system...Like those in a funhouse mirror, the reflections the novel shows us may be ugly and distorted, but they are undeniably ourselves."
"Review" by , "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."
"Review" by , "The crystalline realization of this wildly dystopic future carries in it obvious and enormous implications for today's readers — satire at its finest."
"Review" by , "Subversive, vigorously conceived, painfully situated at the juncture where funny crosses into tragic, Feed demonstrates that young-adult novels are alive and well and able to deliver a jolt."
"Synopsis" by , The stunning National Book Award finalist that follows in the footsteps of George Orwell, Anthony Burgess, and Kurt Vonnegut Jr. — a smart, savage satire of an imagined future — is now in paperback.
"Synopsis" by , 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 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 readers with its view of an imagined future that veers unnervingly close to the here and now.
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