Feed (2002) is a dystopian novel by M. T. (Matthew Tobin) Anderson

The novel depicts a future world in which the Internet has evolved into the "feed"; a computer network to which the brains of American citizens are directly connected by means an implanted computer chip. Privacy has become a thing of the past. Corporations monitor and manipulate citizens' thoughts; people's thoughts are interrupted by the mental equivalent of pop-up ads, and the government can even subpoena one's memories.

The novel is a dark satire about corporate power, consumerism, information technology, and data mining carried to terrifying extremes.

Characters in Feed (in order of appearance)

• Titus (narrator)
• Link Arwaker
• Marty
• Calista
• Loga
• Quendy
• Violet Durn
• the Hacker from "the Coalition of pity"
• Titus' father
• Smell Factor (Titus' younger brother)
• Titus' mother
• Violet's father
• Nina -- Violet's computer-generated "FeedTech customer assistance representative".

Awards and nominations

• Finalist 2002 National Book Award for Young People's Literature ^*
• Winner 2003 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction ^*
• Winner 2003 Golden Duck Awards Hal Clement Award for Young Adults ^*
• Nominee 2005-2006 Green Mountain Book Award ^*

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2002 novels | Dystopian novels | Postcyberpunk | Science fiction novels