Feed

by M. T. Anderson

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Title	Feed
Author	M. T. Anderson
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Your review	This is quite possibly the best science fiction book I've read in months, if not all year. Set in the vague future of America, in a world where everyone has a "feed" implanted in their brain that essentially connects your consciousness to the Internet, it's every bit as scary as that description implies. Anderson's grasp of language and character is masterful-- you immediately believe that these characters are real people, in no small part due to the fact that they talk exactly how disaffected teenagers would and do talk. The main character, Titus, is a bit dim but he knows, and his relationship with Violet is touching, but not overdone-- there are only sixteen years old, after all, so it's not as if they're going to be loves of each other's lives. Quite a bit of the book strikes way too close to home, especially for someone who spends as much time on the Internet as I do; the future that Anderson sketches out is all too real. ("The only thing worse than the thought it may all come tumbling down is the thought that we may go on like this forever.") Despite its serious subject matter, it's wickedly funny at times, especially in the extracts we get from the feed. But it changes gears easily and effectively, quickly becoming immensely moving. I have some quibbles, but overall I can't say enough about how much I liked this book. Go and read it.
Other authors 1
Publication	Candlewick (2004), Paperback, 320 pages
Publication date	2004
ISBN	0763622591 / 9780763622596
LC classification 1	PZ7.A54395 Fe
Dewey 1	[Fic] 21
Subjects	Science fiction
Primary language	(blank)
Secondary language	(blank)
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Date acquired	2008-09-01
Date started
Date finished	2008-10-01
Summary 1	Feed by M. T. Anderson (2004)
Comments	new bookstore purchase
BCID	XXX-
Number of copies	1
Citation	MLA, APA, Chicago/Turabian, Wikipedia citation
Data source	amazon.com

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