Feed

By: M.T. Anderson

Narrated by: David Aaron Baker

Length: 5 hrs and 1 min

Publisher's summary

"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." (Publishers Weekly (starred review)

For Titus and his friends, it started out like any ordinary trip to the moon - a chance to party during spring break and play with some stupid low-grav at the Ricochet Lounge. But that was before the crazy hacker caused all their feeds to malfunction, sending them to the hospital to lie around with nothing inside their heads for days. And it was before Titus met Violet, a beautiful, brainy teenage girl who has decided to fight the feed and its omnipresent ability to categorize human thoughts and desires.

Following in the footsteps of George Orwell, Anthony Burgess, and Kurt Vonnegut Jr., M. T. Anderson has created a not-so-brave new world - and a smart, savage satire that has captivated listeners with its view of an imagined future that veers unnervingly close to the here and now.

©2002 M.T. Anderson (P)2003 Random House, Inc., Listening Library, An Imprint Of Random House Audio Publishing Group

Critic reviews

"A gripping, intriguing and unique cautionary novel." (School Library Journal)

"This brilliant production for older teen listeners enhances Anderson's portrait of a world gone sour, in which even the adults have forgotten how to use language, and everything is dying, including the kids." (AudioFile)

"Anderson deftly combines elements of today's teen scene...with imaginative and disturbing fantasy twists...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." (Publishers Weekly)

I wasn't sure, but listened again and I love it.

The language threw me at first, but once I got used to it, I enjoyed the story. I felt like I missed a lot so I listened again and I'm glad I did. I find eerily similar aspects of social media today. It already controls most of our time, will lit control our body too?

Don't let the YA label discourage you

We often denigrate ya fiction as something of a lesser quality or caliber, but there is so much good young adult fiction out there, that really shouldn't actually be limited by others' impressions of the "young adult" moniker. This novel is an excellent case in point. The teenage protagonist is believable and uncannily written and there's a part of me that has a hard time believing that this book was written as long ago as it was, because it shines light and perspective on things that we are grappling with well over a decade later.

Also, the audiobook takes advantage of its medium to further immerse you in the world created by the author.

Loved It!

Definitely well done. A great performance, and the story itself is a great portrayal of the undertones of our modern world. Hopefully not as realistic/semi-accurate portrayals of the future as books like Brave New World, and 1984.

Worth reading, and probably worth getting a physical copy for your children to read.

Excellent audio

I personally love this kind of story, but it was made 1000 times better by the commercials and music. Well done!

Perfect for the world we live in.

I am a tech gadget guy and this helps balance out my need for the feed.

This was an excellent book

First, I’d like to say that I can’t believe this book was written before the age of smartphones! M.T Anderson has the same kind of foresight as E.M. Forster’s The Machine Stops.

Half Idiocracy, half end of times, this book is strange in its elegance and a startling gut punch. The commercials make it, because they are all oddly discordant and menacing. The snippets of news that our main character mostly ignores tells a dark story of its own.

This is one book that flourishes in audio format because, without Titus and the ads of his Feednet to help navigate us through his terrible world, I think we’d feel lost.

I’ve read 28 books so far in 2019 and, so far, this is my favorite by a long stretch. It’s important to read or listen, and to look at the big picture of American consumerism, capitalism, and our impact on the environment. This book should be taught in schools.

Overall, I highly, highly suggest you read it.

Loved the book

This story is an interesting twist on the self-centered, narcissistic culture. I thought David Aaron Baker did a great job with a main character who was hard to like.

Makes you think about what the future could look like.

Great story. Fast read. Adult language. The future of the next generation... Hope they have a real planet to live on

Great audio experience

This is a book that is improved by audio. It adds a lot of background that brings the book alive for you. If you liked Ready Player One for its concepts more than its pop references, and then you will likely really enjoy this book too.

great storytelling

The main character doesn't care about the world, is not a hero, and does nothing spectacular to affect the world outside him. The story is in first person and although the main character can seem like a jerk sometimes it's hard to put down. The narration is true storytelling.
Although I usually don't like stories peppers with vulgar language, it wasn't used as a shock value. It accurately demonstrated the lack of some of the characters' abilities to communicate without it (like stoners).
I enjoyed it, and will definitely look for other things by this author and this narrator.