Feed

By: M. T. Anderson

Narrated by: David Aaron Baker

"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

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)

Awesome Novel!!!

I really enjoyed this book. It took a few to catch onto the wording but what an awesome concept. It jerks you around by your heart in a few places. what a great ride. I will have to "go" again.

Best novel I’ve read in many years

Laugh out loud funny, heartbreaking, tearjerking, incisive, insightful, horrifying, and a massive wake up call about a present moment in time. Read
this book. Now.

Two Thumbs Up

This story was well read and narrated. I also enjoyed listening to the Feed embedded in the story. I am looking forward to seeing this story on film in theater in the future.

Relevant

Except for the prolific swearing, the book show amazing insight and very relevant to today's society. (Though even the swearing has a purpose in showing the loss of language in a high tech society of dreams.)

I wasn't sure, but listened again and I love it.

The language threw me at first, but once I got used to it, I enjoyed the story. I felt like I missed a lot so I listened again and I'm glad I did. I find eerily similar aspects of social media today. It already controls most of our time, will lit control our body too?

Don't let the YA label discourage you

We often denigrate ya fiction as something of a lesser quality or caliber, but there is so much good young adult fiction out there, that really shouldn't actually be limited by others' impressions of the "young adult" moniker. This novel is an excellent case in point. The teenage protagonist is believable and uncannily written and there's a part of me that has a hard time believing that this book was written as long ago as it was, because it shines light and perspective on things that we are grappling with well over a decade later.

Also, the audiobook takes advantage of its medium to further immerse you in the world created by the author.

Loved It!

Definitely well done. A great performance, and the story itself is a great portrayal of the undertones of our modern world. Hopefully not as realistic/semi-accurate portrayals of the future as books like Brave New World, and 1984.

Worth reading, and probably worth getting a physical copy for your children to read.

Excellent audio

I personally love this kind of story, but it was made 1000 times better by the commercials and music. Well done!

Perfect for the world we live in.

I am a tech gadget guy and this helps balance out my need for the feed.

Great performance, prescient story

I ordered this book after hearing a synopsis in The Great Courses Utopia/ Dystopias. This is a YA but I really enjoyed it as a not Y A, because it really anticipated where social media is going. It’s a very fun, fast-moving story and the performance (especially the commercials and broadcasts) really enhanced this already clever story. I recommend this heartily!