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Blind Faith - Ben Elton
Blind Faith
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Imagine a world where everyone knows everything about everybody. Where 'sharing' is valued above all, and privacy is considered a dangerous perversion.Trafford wouldn't call himself a rebel, but he's daring to be different, to stand out from the crowd. In his own small ways, he wants to push... show more
Imagine a world where everyone knows everything about everybody. Where 'sharing' is valued above all, and privacy is considered a dangerous perversion.Trafford wouldn't call himself a rebel, but he's daring to be different, to stand out from the crowd. In his own small ways, he wants to push against the system. But in this world, uniformity is everything. And even tiny defiances won't go unnoticed.Ben Elton's dark, savagely comic novel imagines a post-apocalyptic society where religious intolerance combines with a sex-obsessed, utterly egocentric culture. In this world, nakedness is modesty, independent thought subversive, and ignorance is wisdom. A chilling vision of what's to come? Or something rather closer to home?
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Format: kindle
ASIN: B0031RS4S4
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
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Mike Finn
Mike Finn rated it
3.5 "Blind Faith" by Ben Elton - depressingly plausible dystopian future-Britain in which privacy is a crime
Ben Elton's has a talent for seeing past the surface of things to the reality lurking beneath. In "Dead Famous" he showed us how little reality there is in Reality TV. In "Chart Throb" he exposed how the outcomes of TV talent shows are manipulated. In "Blind Faith" he shows us where we may get to i...
Momster Bookworm
Momster Bookworm rated it
2.0 Blind Faith
This is a dystopian novel in which the state is run by the 'church' -- one that condones and sanctions acts of debauchery as mandated by the god of love. Every personal aspect of everyone's life is to be blogged about, video-tubed (yes, that's what it's called in the book), made public knowledge, et...
veeral
veeral rated it
2/3rd of this book had a good satirical tone to it. Ben Elton has created an over the top dystopian world while intentionally making it obtuse with low-brow humor, but a good satire nonetheless. The last 1/3rd could have been better where the book lost its plot somewhat.But Ben Elton's satirical sty...
Kiwiria
Kiwiria rated it
A modernized version of 1984, although not quite up to the same literary standards. However, being the plebeian that I am ( ;-) ) I may just prefer this novel.The society described was absolutely ludicrous, although at the same time scarily plausible with the fast growth of blogging sites, twitter, ...
Wyvernfriend Reads
Wyvernfriend Reads rated it
3.0 Blind Faith
In a world where you are obliged to blog about everything, where mortality is very high, mostly because science is a dirty word, where the church is more concerned with keeping people happy than the truth, Trafford Sewell struggles to keep going.It's a world that's not all to unbelievable, scarily, ...
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