I just finished Feed by M.T. Anderson and enjoyed it immensely. It’s about consumption. (Author’s note: This post is from 2013.)What struck me most about it, and perhaps one of the reasons I liked it so much, is that it seemed so retro.
By this I mean it reminded me very much of science fiction from the late sixties and early seventies, John Brunner or Philip K. Dick for example (even Samuel R. Delany’s “Dhalgren,” to a degree). I think this a combination of the satire, the style of the satire (quick pace, an invented vernacular) and the overall theme (consumers consumed by what they consume, so to speak).
February 9, 2013
(Note: This old post, here re-posted, was my first shot at using the WordPress Gutenberg editor. I found it a bit clunky, but usable. However, there were problems with images that were centred in the editor but insisted on being left-justified on publishing. I couldn’t figure out the problem so I went back to the classic editor to fix it.)