Blind Faith by Ben Elton - anyone read it?

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I just finished this and thought it was very clever. Obviously not Proper Literature but enjoyable, thought-provoking satirical fiction.

And the children's names made me laugh! (Gucci KitKat anyone?)

Yes, I thought it was great. I love all the stuff about the Vaccinators being a secret organisation.
It made me quite impressed with Ben Elton, that he's thinking about this kind of thing. Then I recently saw an interview with him and his father and it turns out his dad is a physicist, so it kind of makes sense him having a underlying regard for science.
Caitlin Happymeal is a wonderful name.

Caitlin Happymeal was my favourite

I thought it was ok... I read it very quickly though

Loved it, very thoughtful. Decided not to join facebook after reading it!

I have enjoyed all of his books.

I thought it was great, I recommended it to someone that was feeling disillusioned by facebook lol.

I liked it, very thought provoking. I've enjoyed all his recent novels TBH.

I thought it was great. A moral for our times

That's what I found clever, the idea that the explosion of social networking could potentially lead to this huge societal lack of privacy and expectation of socialising.

Chart Throb was good - completely changes the way you watch X Factor and all those talent shows.

I am keeping an eye out for Chart Throb in the library!

I also enjoyed John O'Farrell and Nick Hornby which made me stop and think.

I love Ben Elton, I REALLY love him

Loved this book

He's very good at satirising the way people talk, too.

Chart Throb was good - I re-read that a lot when I haven't got anything else. And the Big Brother one. The Friends Reunited one is my 3rd fave. Didn't like Blind Faith much

Dead Famous was great and horribly plausible.

I definitely see all these reality type Tv shows in a different light but I think I was a bit naive in not realising how forced and scripted they actually are.

ditto liath

I'd forgotten about Dead Famous! He can be a bit twee Ben Elton, but the subject matter is very hard hitting. Will he be an A'level subject in the future?

And the one about the Conscientious Objector in the War was fab too, though title escapes me.....

I loved High Society. Made me want to legalise drugs straight away and I'm SOOOoooooo anti drugs.

For a non-serious writer he raises some very interesting arguments about topical and political situations.

I just read this on vacation as it was on the bookshelf at the holiday rental. I actually laughed at how much it reminded me of MN... (I suppose that it was really poking fun at facebook and myspace but I just kept thinking about MN.)

DH and I were trying to imagine our children's names in this dystopian London. I don't think that we could outdo Gucci KitKat but should I start a baby naming thread about MontBlanc Toberone?

I must find more of his books.