Reddit mentions of Feed

I think you would enjoy the book Feed. You can get a good look at the first chapter on amazon to see why I thought of it..

http://www.amazon.com/Feed-M-T-Anderson/dp/0763622591

Relevant book

http://www.amazon.com/Feed-M-T-Anderson/dp/0763622591

Well then, let the corporations whose products you use pay for your doctors' bills in order to assure they have a customer in the future!

(Thanks to a previous Reddit thread, I've read (and recommend) Feed.)

Sometime I like to imagine the lives of people before moderd media. I with more vocabulary and better able to adapt to the world. Only because they did not have all of these 'things' that surround us. I love the internet, but I know that I read more before it.

Sometimes i think, I belive that the world is heading for a future like the book Feed by M.T. Anderson. That would be sad.

I liked Feed. Here's the Amazon link:
http://www.amazon.com/Feed-M-T-Anderson/dp/0763622591/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1322792845&sr=8-1

Since you tried to get into 1984 and Brave New World, I would suggest feed. It's got the dystopia, but an entirely different type of narrator that makes it very easy to digest. The format is a bit jarring, so please stick with it for ~5 pages before discarding.

Also, my grad school brain candy is the Trickster series by Tamora Pierce. Not sure if you're male or female, and Pierce generally aims for a female audience, but this is slightly more grown-up than her usual fare. Fast-paced, clever and filled with likable characters. I reread it constantly.

P.S. You have many of my favorite books on your list.

Has anyone ever read the book FEED?

http://www.amazon.com/Feed-M-T-Anderson/dp/0763622591

Reminds me of the filet mignon farm in Feed.

Ahh, here it is. I thought no one but me was making this comment.

Here it is, right at the bottom.

I agree with you, anyhow. I just realized how soon Feed was going to happen. Terrifying. I want augmented reality, but just me, no company.

The book Feed was one that I absolutely hated reading for a class, as the style of writing was atrocious, and then I realized...that was the point. It's a pretty short book, and a really interesting reality to consider.

Edit: Amazon link for the curious

Definitely Feed by M.T. Anderson. It's told from the perspective of an adolescent living in a future where we have colonized other planets, and everybody has brain implants that basically fulfill the roles of Facebook, Amazon, Grooveshark, etc. Kids can even download viruses into their brains which get them high like drugs would.

The protagonist finds himself having to navigate a glamorous world of instant gratification where everybody talks in Youtube comments, and the unplugged "real world" of a poor but well-educated teacher's daughter that he likes. Published in 2002, it has a lot of spot-on predictions about the social role the internet is fulfilling. Simple language, but challenging themes. Should be required reading for all kids these days, but it's the kind of book a 14-year old would completely get into. The first sentence:

"We went to the moon to have fun, but the moon turned out to completely suck."

> Down the road contact lenses or implants should be a progression of this idea.

I think I read that book...

It reminds me of this.

Why do I feel this will turn in to what happens in this book.