As the boy's regal mother, Cassiopeia, entertains the house scholars with her beauty and wit, young Octavian begins to question the purpose behind his guardians' fanatical studies. Raised by a group of rational philosophers known only by numbers, the boy and his mother - a princess in exile from a faraway land - are the only persons in their household assigned names. He is a boy dressed in silks and white wigs and given the finest of classical educations. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER! This deeply provocative novel reimagines the past as an eerie place that has startling resonance for readers today. (NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER! This deeply provocative novel.) The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party eBook: M. Anderson has created a not-so-brave new world - and a smart, savage satire that has captivated readers with its view of an imagined future that veers unnervingly close to the here and now. Following in the footsteps of George Orwell, Anthony Burgess, and Kurt Vonnegut Jr., M. And it was before Titus met Violet, a beautiful, brainy teenage girl who has decided to fight the feed and its omnipresent ability to categorize human thoughts and desires. But that was before the crazy hacker caused all their feeds to malfunction, sending them to the hospital to lie around with nothing inside their heads for days. "This satire offers a thought-provoking and scathing indictment that may prod readers to examine the more sinister possibilities of corporate- and media-dominated culture." - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (starred review) For Titus and his friends, it started out like any ordinary trip to the moon - a chance to party during spring break and play with some stupid low-grav at the Ricochet Lounge. Listening to technology like phones about where to go, what to buy and what to do is common among most people, so many can be used to being controlled.("This satire offers a thought-provoking and scathing indi.) Every day people to each other while they are on their phones it’s not just rude, but it is also taking away from spending time with that person. Hanging out with people like friends and family are simple things to have in life, but if someone is looking at technology rather than the people they’re with, it takes away the purpose of hanging out with people. Today’s technology is everywhere, there’s a TV in restaurants when we should be focusing on the food and the people we are eating with. Controlling us through what we want through what we search is one way that technology can get inside our heads and control us. Shopping online will show a selection of many different items someone has searched for and later in ads, it will show similar things. Our society is beginning to have a problem with technology, such as smart phones because ads are influencing us.
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