Feed by M.T. Anderson Part 1 (2)

“We went to the moon to have fun, but the moon turned out to completely suck.” - M.T. Anderson

This week, I began reading Feed by M.T. Anderson. I have always been interested in books about dystopian societies, so this was the perfect book for that.

The book is first introduced by Link and Marty who tried convincing people to go to the moon for the weekend. Once they got there they found out that it was horrible. The main reason they went to the moon in the first place was because it was so boring at home, and they needed a place to go for spring break. After a lot of talk and discussion they decided to go to a low-gravity place on the moon called The Ricochet Lounge and they asked a few people to go with them. In the beginning of the book, we are also introduced to the Feed. While flying up to the moon, their Feeds gives them information and recommendations on where they should stay and what they should eat when they get there. From this, we can conclude that the Feed is like an internet implanted into your brain.

A line really jumped out at me as I was reading the first couple of chapters. "The Rumble Spot: an ocean of chaos in the Sea of Tranquility." This painted a picture in my head and really lifted the meaning of the paragraph from which this was derived. I was able to really put myself in Titus' spot.

While reading the first chapter of the book, you still aren't fully aware of who the narrator / main character really is. He does try to take a nap on the plane to the moon to be fully awake when he does get there. But, his friends kept annoying him on the trip there. While going to the moon, he has the mental note to try to have as much fun as he can when he gets there. As the narrator and his friends get off the ship, their Feed start transmitting loads of ads about things to do and eat at the moon. On all the ads however, it shows a beautiful, sparkly, white moon. But when he looks around the moon is streaked with black and is all but beautiful. After that, we learn the narrators name is Titus and his friends are Marty, Link, Calista, Loga, and Quendy. After eating at a popular restaurant, they try getting into a college party but they have no luck. When returning to the hotel they are staying at, Titus sees a girl he is attracted to walking by. At the end of Chapter 2, we are left with the fact that Titus thinks that she is awesome.