Feed (Anderson novel)
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| Author | M. T. Anderson |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Candlewick Press |
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2002 |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 320 |
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| OCLC | 54586791 |
Feed (2002) is a young adult dystopian novel of the cyberpunk subgenre written by M. T. Anderson. The novel focuses on issues such as corporate power, consumerism, information technology, data mining, and environmental decay, with a sometimes sardonic, sometimes somber tone. From the first-person perspective of a teenager, the novel presents a near-futuristic American culture completely dominated by advertising and corporate exploitation, corresponding to the enormous popularity of internetworking brain implants.
The novel portrays a near-future in which the feednet, a huge computer network (apparently an advanced form of the Internet), is directly connected to the brains of about 73% of American citizens by means of an implanted device called a feed. The feed allows people: to mentally access vast digital databases (individually called "sites"); to experience shareable virtual-reality phenomena (including entertainment programs, music, and even others' memories); to continually interact with intrusive corporations in a personal preference-based way; and to communicate telepathically on closed channels with others who also have feeds (a feature called m-chatting).
The setting of the novel is depicted as ecologically devastated. Natural clouds have been replaced by trademarked Clouds™, implying artificial replications due to atmospheric pollution. Bodies of water have become acidic and toxified. Human sexual reproduction appears to be no longer possible through natural means. As a result, women undergo in-vitro fertilization and have their children custom-designed.
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