Journal Entry 1 by Chickxsy from Gamle Oslo bydel, Oslo fylke Norway on Tuesday, January 13, 2009

As Trafford Sewell struggles to work through the usual crowds of commuters, he is confronted by the intimidating figure of his priest, full of accusatory questions. 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? Does he have something to hide? 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. Ben Elton’s dark, savagely comic novel imagines a postapocalyptic 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 close to what we call reality?

A very good book on the way youtube and blogs can turn on us in coordination with a screwed sense of religion. A must-read for people afraid of Facebook and similar sites. 

Journal Entry 2 by Chickxsy at -- wild release somewhere in Oslo, Oslo fylke Norway on Sunday, September 20, 2009

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Bokslipp på meetup idag! Enten til en annen bookcrosser eller så settes den i hylla på LaBaguette. 

Journal Entry 3 by LeishaCamden from Alna bydel, Oslo fylke Norway on Sunday, September 20, 2009

The book went home with me. I like Ben Elton and the theme of this book sounds very interesting. Thanks!! :-) 

Journal Entry 4 by LeishaCamden at Alna bydel, Oslo fylke Norway on Friday, January 06, 2012

I read this book a good while ago, shame on me ... but better late than never. I enjoyed it a lot, it's very thought-provoking and actually quite profound. Made me feel rather depressed, but on the other hand, very happy that I'm not English. ;-) They are actually well on their way to the society Elton describes. o_O I'd definitely recommend this book. 

Journal Entry 5 by LeishaCamden at Alna bydel, Oslo fylke Norway on Friday, January 06, 2012

This book is now on the shelf outside my front door, available to whoever comes by. :-)