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Mt anderson books5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() I was reminded strongly of Huxley’s ‘Brave New World’, Pohl’s ‘Space Merchants’ and Bradbury’s ‘Fahrenheit 451’ in particular, but there were shades of many others.Īnderson is clear in comments at the end of the book that it is his intention that ‘Feed’ is read as an allegorical tale, and it is certainly one which will be on my mind for quite some time. M T Anderson draws on a whole host of classic dystopian science fiction writing to pull off this engaging Young Adult novel. Very few people notice the world is dying, so driven to distraction are they. In September 1941, Adolf Hitler’s Wehrmacht surrounded Leningrad in what was to become one of the longest and most destructive sieges in Western history. There are no more forests, meat is genetically engineered to grown in huge slabs, and people’s skin falling off due to disease is marketed as the latest thing in ‘fashion’. Anderson delivers a brilliant and riveting account of the Siege of Leningrad and the role played by Russian composer Shostakovich and his Leningrad Symphony. Everyone with a feed is constantly assaulted with advertising banners and slogans based off detailed consumer profiles, profiles that people are constantly being forced to conform to. ![]() This embedded machine grows with them and takes over much of their basic function, to the point that being able to read, write and even speak out loud is considered strange. ![]() ![]() It is the future: Where American children have an electronic ‘feed’ implanted into their brain. ![]()
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