Feed
3 journalers for this copy...
A futuristic novel where everyone has a "feed" appliance inside them for advertising purposes. I just flipped through it before sending along, but the language I saw means I can't buy it for our library at school!
Mailed to another Virginia bookcrosser.
Mailed to another Virginia bookcrosser.
From Publishers Weekly:
In this chilling novel, Anderson (Burger Wuss; Thirsty) imagines a society dominated by the feed a next-generation Internet/television hybrid that is directly hardwired into the brain. Teen narrator Titus never questions his world, in which parents select their babies' attributes in the conceptionarium, corporations dominate the information stream, and kids learn to employ the feed more efficiently in School. But everything changes when he and his pals travel to the moon for spring break. There Titus meets home-schooled Violet, who thinks for herself, searches out news and asserts that "Everything we've grown up with the stories on the feed, the games, all of that it's all streamlining our personalities so we're easier to sell to." Without exposition, Anderson deftly combines elements of today's teen scene, including parties and shopping malls, with imaginative and disturbing fantasy twists. "Chats" flow privately from mind to mind; Titus flies an "upcar"; people go "mal" (short for "malfunctioning") in contraband sites that intoxicate by scrambling the feed; and, after Titus and his friends develop lesions, banner ads and sit-coms dub the lesions the newest hot trend, causing one friend to commission a fake one and another to outdo her by getting cuts all over her body. Excerpts from the feed at the close of each chapter demonstrate the blinding barrage of entertainment and temptations for conspicuous consumption. Titus proves a believably flawed hero, and ultimately the novel's greatest strength lies in his denial of and uncomfortable awakening to the truth. 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. Ages 14-up.
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A brand new, never-been-read copy!!!! I'm not worthy. This book was a finalist for the national book award in addition to winning several other awards! I can't wait to get into it! I certainly hope I will be able to record it. And I promise to release it when I'm done. I know a few BC teachers who would definitely appreciate this.
Thank you MEGI53
In this chilling novel, Anderson (Burger Wuss; Thirsty) imagines a society dominated by the feed a next-generation Internet/television hybrid that is directly hardwired into the brain. Teen narrator Titus never questions his world, in which parents select their babies' attributes in the conceptionarium, corporations dominate the information stream, and kids learn to employ the feed more efficiently in School. But everything changes when he and his pals travel to the moon for spring break. There Titus meets home-schooled Violet, who thinks for herself, searches out news and asserts that "Everything we've grown up with the stories on the feed, the games, all of that it's all streamlining our personalities so we're easier to sell to." Without exposition, Anderson deftly combines elements of today's teen scene, including parties and shopping malls, with imaginative and disturbing fantasy twists. "Chats" flow privately from mind to mind; Titus flies an "upcar"; people go "mal" (short for "malfunctioning") in contraband sites that intoxicate by scrambling the feed; and, after Titus and his friends develop lesions, banner ads and sit-coms dub the lesions the newest hot trend, causing one friend to commission a fake one and another to outdo her by getting cuts all over her body. Excerpts from the feed at the close of each chapter demonstrate the blinding barrage of entertainment and temptations for conspicuous consumption. Titus proves a believably flawed hero, and ultimately the novel's greatest strength lies in his denial of and uncomfortable awakening to the truth. 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. Ages 14-up.
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A brand new, never-been-read copy!!!! I'm not worthy. This book was a finalist for the national book award in addition to winning several other awards! I can't wait to get into it! I certainly hope I will be able to record it. And I promise to release it when I'm done. I know a few BC teachers who would definitely appreciate this.
Thank you MEGI53
Journal Entry 3 by vavoice at Holiday Inn Golf and Conference Center in Staunton, Virginia USA on Sunday, July 10, 2005
Released 18 yrs ago (7/11/2005 UTC) at Holiday Inn Golf and Conference Center in Staunton, Virginia USA
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Left in the Lobby on one of the side tables. Happy Reading!
Left in the Lobby on one of the side tables. Happy Reading!
This book was very interesting. I caught it while I was at a hotel for a softball tournament, and i plan to give it to my friend to read when I am done. It was a good book except that there was an extreme amount of cursing in it.
CAUGHT IN STAUNTON VIRGINIA USA
CAUGHT IN STAUNTON VIRGINIA USA
