Reminiscent of the Y2K problem, Feed delves into the consumerist subculture associated with technology and fear that resulted after the 911 attack.Īnderson was stimulated to create the prescient narrative tracked through the pages of Feed by his perception of an impossible-to-ignore dumbing down of the youth culture around him in comparison to those of previous generations.
Today, it reads more like a historical analysis of the second decade of the 21st century. When it first reached the market, Feed was a cautionary tale about a rather distant future in which microchip implants in the brain allowed for 24/7/364 uninterrupted connection to a global network run by a heartless global network bent on world domination. Anderson published his novel for young adults, Feed, prior to Twitter, Facebook and the avalanche of smartphone apps that track one’s every consumer interest. Written by Timothy Sexton, Tina Abdul-Raouf McCaw
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