"Feed" is a novel that depicts American society's descent into a culture that revolves entirely around advertising and corporate gain through the eyes of a teenager named Titus and a few of his friends. This takes place several hundred years in the future where 70% of Americans have a computer feed implanted into their brains. The feed allows them to communicate with each other, email, even share memories, or even go shopping online. Most of the story takes place when Titus and his friends are on a trip to the moon, which seems to be a common trip for most American kids in the future. While at a party Titus and his friends are attacked by a crazy hacker who does something to damage their feeds. After things start to go downhill, Titus begins to question everything about the feed and tries to "resist" it.Later on in the story, The corporations responsible for the feed have immense power and even run the school system, which is now known as School™. Throughout the book, corporations appear to hold the true power in United States, leaving the president virtually helpless as the Global Alliance, a coalition of other countries, begins contemplating war with the U.S., due to the worsening worldwide effects of American mismanagement of the environment. This book seems to peer into the future and look into the problems with the world's recent descent into the reliance upon technology for seemingly everything, including the most mundane tasks.
Thanks for the interesting and well-written review. Unfortunately, I think that the premise of this book is not terribly unlikely. It seems like we're all heading in this direction, anyway. I wonder if Titus is successful in resisting the feed, and what sort of insights he might gain as a result . . .
ReplyDeletedope stuff man i dont like reading but i would read this
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