Feed (novel)
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Feed (2002) is a dystopian novel by M. T. (Matthew Tobin) Anderson
The novel depicts a future world in which the Internet has evolved into the "feed"; a computer network to which the brains of American citizens are directly connected by means an implanted computer chip. Privacy has become a thing of the past. Corporations monitor and manipulate citizens' thoughts; people's thoughts are interrupted by the mental equivalent of pop-up ads, and the government can even subpoena one's memories.
The novel is a dark satire about corporate power, consumerism, information technology, and data mining carried to terrifying extremes.
Characters in Feed (in order of appearance)
- Titus (narrator)
- Link Arwaker
- Marty
- Calista
- Loga
- Quendy
- Violet Durn
- the Hacker from "the Coalition of pity"
- Titus' father
- Smell Factor (Titus' younger brother)
- Titus' mother
- Violet's father
- Nina -- Violet's computer-generated "FeedTech customer assistance representative".
Awards and nominations
- Finalist 2002 National Book Award for Young People's Literature [link]
- Winner 2003 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction [link]
- Winner 2003 Golden Duck Awards Hal Clement Award for Young Adults [link]
- Nominee 2005-2006 Green Mountain Book Award [link]
Reviews
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