I'm actually gonna namedrop Feed, the 2002 YA dystopia by MT Anderson, as feeling very relevant today, despite the narrative falling into the trap of breathless stridency that dystopias so often do Not to be confused with the 2010 Seanan McGuire zombie apocalypse Feedhttps://twitter.com/Nymphomachy/status/1292233596305104897 …
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Replying to @arthur_affect
The scene where the President calls a foreign leader a shithead and the press secretary tries to spin it as a compliment has been running through my head for the last three years.
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And of course the entire thing reads like a savage attack on smartphones, microtargeted ads, and Facebook despite predating all of those by about three years.
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Although it's not directly related to the dystopian stuff, the line Violet's father says when he finally confronts Titus, "You made her apologize to you for her strength", absolutely fucking wrecks me
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