{"id":1206,"date":"2012-09-06T05:00:44","date_gmt":"2012-09-06T12:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/?p=1206"},"modified":"2012-08-26T19:13:42","modified_gmt":"2012-08-27T02:13:42","slug":"mark-reads-feed-chapter-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/2012\/09\/mark-reads-feed-chapter-three\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Reads &#8216;Feed&#8217;: Chapter Three"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the third chapter of <em>Feed<\/em>, I&#8217;m in. For real. Intrigued? Then it&#8217;s time for Mark to read <em>Feed<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><!--more-->Three<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No, seriously, this is it. I&#8217;m in for the long run after this chapter. I wanted to know how this was going to be different from the pack (LOL GET IT, BECAUSE LIKE ZOMBIES ARE IN PACKS AND\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 okay, <em>shush<\/em>), and here&#8217;s my answer:<\/p>\n<p>The world turned to blogs when the world turned to shit.<\/p>\n<p>There is <em>so much<\/em> new information in this chapter, some of which I don&#8217;t understand quite yet, so let&#8217;s deal with this and FLAIL ABOUT.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Oh god, THIS ALL TAKES PLACE IN THE BAY AREA. I AM SO IN LOVE WITH THIS BECAUSE <em>NOTHING TAKES PLACE HERE<\/em>. Well, I mean that a lot of fictional stories aren&#8217;t in Oakland or Berkeley or San Francisco. BIGOTRY.<\/li>\n<li>The more I think about it, the more terrifying a zombie apocalypse in Berkeley sounds. It really is a &#8220;tangled warren.&#8221; Also, half the people who live there are already the most irritating people on earth, so if they turned to zombies, it would be insufferable.<\/li>\n<li>HOLY SHIT, PHILLIP MASON WAS <em>SIX<\/em>. Six!!!!<\/li>\n<li>I initially did not understand Georgia&#8217;s claim that her parents &#8220;chased the numbers.&#8221; It wasn&#8217;t until the end of the chapter that I felt like I could start to comprehend the massive influence blogs have in this zombie-infested world.<\/li>\n<li>I am fascinated by this idea that the Masons tried to raise their children as normally as possible in a world with zombies and a deadly virus, and <em>this<\/em> is how things turned out. I wonder what that conversation was like? How was the transition for the Mason parents when they realized they <em>had<\/em> to let their children explore outside their comfort zone, outside of the blue-sky-haven that they&#8217;d built?<\/li>\n<li>Okay, all the viral checks these people have to go through are RIDICULOUS. I mean, all of them make <em>sense<\/em>, especially since Georgia finally reveals that the Kellis-Amberlee virus <em>already lives inside everyone<\/em>. It must merely be activated, and it does not take a bit to do so. It can be a simple (and tiny) transmission of fluids that does the trick. FUCKED UP. That makes this all so much more risky than a normal zombie story.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;But what&#8217;s the point of life if you can&#8217;t take risks now and then, like coming into the damn house with your brother?&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Okay, I&#8217;m already so into the emotional subtext this story is giving me. This family has stuck together for <em>years<\/em>, and they&#8217;ll be damned if a virus check separates them. Shaun and Georgia would rather die together than have one of them live on. And as someone who was adopted with my twin, I get this forever and ever and ever.<\/li>\n<li>Oh <em>shit<\/em>, Georgia has retinal KA and her eyes are <em>fucked up<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>BLOGGING LICENSES! OH MY GOD, THERE ARE <em>BLOGGING LICENSES<\/em>. And they allow people into certain areas based on their hazard rating. You know, I&#8217;m so impressed that this book is already about <em>living<\/em> with zombies. There&#8217;s a detailed and complicated government in place at this point in the future. <em>Feed<\/em> is not about it being formed.<\/li>\n<li>Yosemite is a Level 3 hazard zone. I&#8217;m actually surprised it&#8217;s not Level 2 or Level 1. Zombies must have completely decimated that place, considering how easy it is to get trapped in that valley.<\/li>\n<li>That shower is INTENSE.<\/li>\n<li>How does the shower computer know the &#8220;travel records&#8221; of Georgia? Is there GPS on the van or the motorbike or something?<\/li>\n<li>There is a <em>ratings<\/em> system for blogs. This is just\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 my god, it&#8217;s so genius. There&#8217;s an entire network that supports them! They have to get accredited! Buffy, Shaun, and Georgia belong to the Bridge Supporters! Oh god, <em>are there zombies on the Bay Bridge or the Golden Gate Bridge???<\/em><\/li>\n<li>WHAT<\/li>\n<li>WHAT<\/li>\n<li><em>WHAT???<\/em><\/li>\n<li>THERE IS STILL A PRESIDENT<\/li>\n<li>AND IT&#8217;S A CAMPAIGN YEAR<\/li>\n<li><strong>WHAT THE HELL<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>I know it&#8217;s obvious to us, but the entire section Grant writes about why the &#8220;real&#8221; media ultimately failed is just so spot on. I absolutely believe that this is what would happen if there was a real zombie apocalypse. The media conglomerates would fail to protect us, and we&#8217;d have to turn to everyday folks to &#8220;triangulate&#8221; the news. I even like the idea that <em>triangulation <\/em>is a thing, that people have gotten used to reading multiple sources to find the news instead of relying on one single network or individual.<\/li>\n<li>The Wall. My heart. MY HEART. Oh god, my last blog post is going to be some awful butt joke from my Tumblr, isn&#8217;t it? <em>Must consider this when posting to my blog<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>I didn&#8217;t get why Shaun was called an Irwin until the end of the chapter. STEVE IRWIN. <em>h e l p<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Oh, there&#8217;s totally a fanfiction branch of the Fictionals. THERE HAS TO BE.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I am so excited for this book. SO EXCITED.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mark Links Stuff<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; You can follow me on\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/markdoesstuff\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0and\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/markdoesstuff\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0for any updates and live commentary on upcoming reviews I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m writing.<br \/>\n&#8211; If you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d like to support what I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m doing, you can click the little Donate button in the right sidebar,\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/markdoesstuff.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">buy eBooks on MarkDoesStuff<\/a>, or purchase physical books on\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lulu.com\/storefront\/markdoesstuff\" target=\"_blank\">Lulu.com<\/a>.<br \/>\n-\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/2012\/08\/mark-reads-harry-potter-and-the-order-of-the-phoenix-is-published\/\"><em>Mark Reads Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix\u00c2\u00a0<\/em>JUST CAME OUT.<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s $4.99, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s very long, and it is overflowing with feelings.<br \/>\n-\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/markdoesstuff.com\/product\/mark-reads--video\" target=\"_blank\">You can purchase your very own Mark Reads OR Mark Watches video for just $25<\/a>, and I will read ANYTHING you want, OR I will record myself watching any upcoming episode for Mark Watches. There is a complete list of all claimed episodes\/chapters at the link!<br \/>\n&#8211; Mark Reads is now on YouTube, and you can watch all my videos\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL3472C624CC0141AB&amp;feature=plcp\" target=\"_blank\">right here!\u00c2\u00a0<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; I am now putting Mark Watches videos on Vimeo as well (<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/album\/2033704\">they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re all located here<\/a>) to avoid copyright issues I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m having on YouTube. This also means that all videos CANNOT have audio from the show in them, or I risk losing my YouTube AND Vimeo account and then no one gets videos. So for now, this is the solution to this problem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the third chapter of Feed, I&#8217;m in. For real. Intrigued? 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