"We went to the moon to have fun, but the moon turned out to completely suck."
How could I resist such a tantalizing opening sentence?** Feed centers on a group of teens in a future where almost everyone has 'feeds' in their brain that spout constant information, entertainment, and, of course, advertisements.
"[The doctor] said, "Okay. Could we like get a thingie, a reading on his limbic activity?"
The linguistic degree in me loves the total DEICTIC DECADENCE (it's been a few years since I've had an excuse to use that phrase..) of the characters' speech patterns. There's no need to be precise and descriptive because, you know.... like... if you can't think of a particular word..you could just like, let your feed suggest it for you or send the other person a picture through mchat (instant mental messaging).
Of course, Feed isn't all fun and games and silly teen-speak... The story packs a tragic punch along with chilling warnings about the dangers of rampant consumerism, media-overload, and societal-delusion. All in all, an engaging tragicomic read.
"[The doctor] said, "Okay. Could we like get a thingie, a reading on his limbic activity?"
The linguistic degree in me loves the total DEICTIC DECADENCE (it's been a few years since I've had an excuse to use that phrase..) of the characters' speech patterns. There's no need to be precise and descriptive because, you know.... like... if you can't think of a particular word..you could just like, let your feed suggest it for you or send the other person a picture through mchat (instant mental messaging).
"Her spine was, I didn't know the word. Her spine was like...?
The feed suggested "supple."
The feed suggested "supple."
Of course, Feed isn't all fun and games and silly teen-speak... The story packs a tragic punch along with chilling warnings about the dangers of rampant consumerism, media-overload, and societal-delusion. All in all, an engaging tragicomic read.
** Some of my preteen students don't even use full words anymore...here is an exchange that happened earlier this week:
Student 1: (rolls eyes at student 2 across the room) w....t....
Me: Don't say it! No acronyms for profanity!
Student 1: jk!
Student 2: (deadpan) lol
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