<![CDATA[Blind Faith]]>

false <![CDATA[Blind Faith]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256033735m/2164457.jpg 2164457 5 A dark, savagely comic novel from the bestselling author of Chart Throb. Imagine a world where everyone knows everything about everybody. Where what a person “feels” and “truly believes” is protected under the law, while what is rational, even provable is condemned as heresy. A world where to question ignorance and intolerance is to commit a Crime against Faith. Imagine it. Or just wait until After The Flood. On a hot Sagittarian morning in the year 56 ATF, Trafford Sewell struggles to work through the usual crowds of near-naked commuters. He is confronted by the intimidating figure of his Parish Confessor. Why has Trafford not been streaming his every moment of sexual intimacy onto the community website like everybody else? Does he think he’s different or special in some way? Better than his fellow man and woman? Does he have something to hide? Ben Elton imagines a post-apocalyptic society where religious intolerance combines with a confessional sex-obsessed, self-centric culture to create a world where nakedness is modesty, ignorance is wisdom and privacy is a dangerous perversion. A chilling vision of what’s to come? Or something rather closer to what we call reality? 2346268 2007 Blind Faith total:246|5:34|4:85|3:88|2:26|1:13| 246 839 345 68 4 3 false false Wed Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jan 30 22:09:55 -0800 2008 Tue Apr 14 18:15:42 -0700 2009
Blind Faith is a very apt title as most characters in this book are follow...more...]]> 4 2 false false Fri Jun 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 05 02:51:05 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 11 02:01:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Wed Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 13 03:45:39 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 15 09:33:38 -0700 2009
Whilst being funny, this book was actually a little scary. Ok, so this is a gross exaggeration of the way our society seems to be headed, but it's still the way our society is headed nonetheless.

Privacy is a thi...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 27 00:20:38 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 01 02:12:56 -0800 2008
The world depicted is in the near future (say 50 years) after global warming h...more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Feb 04 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 04 13:32:54 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 06 12:08:29 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false true Fri Jan 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 12:05:04 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 12:08:25 -0800 2009 1
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The whole bo...more...]]> 1 2 false false Sat Mar 14 08:17:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 08:18:48 -0700 2009 maybe even negative stars.

also i would like to add that if you think this book is good you should try to read better books so that you have some sort of standard of comparison. seriously: people are probably talki...more...]]> 2 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 06:54:16 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 06:56:06 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Jan 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 04:44:11 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 04:49:20 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Oct 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 20 05:39:28 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 02 06:06:13 -0800 2008 1
The setup is clever if timeworn -- a kind of update of Orw...more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 04 11:52:48 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 25 02:15:35 -0700 2008
Ben Elton's satirical commentary about life does strike a chord. The irony of our quest to promote and encourage individualism and human rights, causes society to lose its soul. We do things and say things because society expects us to. We seek more...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 08:48:17 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 08:57:43 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 1 false false Mon Nov 26 14:04:10 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 26 14:04:10 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Dec 31 08:40:46 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 08:43:01 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false true Wed Nov 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 16:59:28 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 03:08:23 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Dec 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Oct 26 07:53:28 -0700 2008 Sun Dec 28 06:55:24 -0800 2008
The idea is good, tho...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 21 02:56:34 -0700 2008 Thu May 01 03:04:42 -0700 2008
I learned:
* of the dangers of state sponsored religion
* of the lack of individuality, compassion or choice present in mob rule
* of the dangers of not con...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 14 15:11:23 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 14 15:11:23 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jan 07 21:32:30 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 07 21:39:06 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 1 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 19 03:33:49 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 19 03:40:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2164457