ANDERSON (born November 4, 1968), is an American writer of children's books that range from picture books to young adult novels. We will discuss the towering achievement of Anderson's novel, "Feed," how it features into the author's most current work, and what lessons it might provide us in a world that-as David Foster Wallace protests-wants to entertain us to death. In doing so, these new implants create Augmented Reality (AR) layers where Pepsi bottles pour endless caffeine from cloudless skies into our eyes and where our friends appear as holograms to sell us new cars while we're sitting inside them. In a future not too far off, Anderson envisions the internet bio-engineered inside children's brains which races through their consciousness. Published precisely a year prior to the political philosopher Sheldon Wolin's conception of "Inverted Totalitarianism," Anderson's novel prophetically broadcasts how our addiction to pleasure and distraction make our closet-monster grow ever rapaciously larger, pixel by pixel, download by download, text to text. Anderson's diabolical and darkly satiric send-up of a dystopian future, the author imagines power as something far more diffuse, wobbly and discomfiting. Collins' understanding of power is quite similar to the understanding of power as conceptualized by George Orwell's Big Brother in "1984." Clear hierarchies of state oppression rend those down below with brute force and unflinching violence-with the added treat of a Roman coliseum envisioned by Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery," where round-the-clock binge-watching can commence for viewers from the 12 colonies oppressed by Snow's Capital.īut what happens, though, if Big Brother, lives inside of you, rather than over you? With "Feed"-our modern-day corollary of Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World"-M.T. While Suzanne Collins' "Hunger Games" is often regarded as homage to "Battle Royale" (one she vociferously denies), or Stephen King's "Running Man," the trilogy more clearly rests its lineage as Young Adult version of "1984," where power is clearly marked out by geographic borders and colonies with a totalitarian state of the Capital run by a dictator called President Snow. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SHARE THIS EVENT WITH OTHERS! Since this event is part of UCR Residential Life's Welcome Week, incoming 1st years are especially encouraged to attend. This Event is FREE & OPEN to all UCR Affiliates (Students, Staff & Faculty) on a First-Come, First Serve Basis.
Anderson, as the Author Looks Back at One of the Most Remarkable Works of Dystopian Fiction in the 21st Century: His Young Adult Novel "Feed," Published at the Dawn of Our New Millennium in 2002.
Please Join Us for UCR'S Inaugural Launch of the Open Book Series (OBS) with a Special Visit from M.T.
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