Yeah, the way our lives are monitored already sometimes gives you pause for thought. The fact that we are living less and less in a paper money society and the ability to trace expenditure on credit cards sometimes just freaks me out. but I use my credit cards more and more these days for everyday living. Sucked in by the accumulation of frequent flyer points that I wiull never use (I think I have enough for a first class flight to Singapore!).

One thing that initially struck me as strange in the book though is how people couldn;t remember back only 4 years as to who their country was at war with and they accepted that the way it currently is, is the way it always has been. But then, I got thinking that a lot of people (in today's society too) just don't want to know what is going on, and are happy to be told what is going on (and that is is ok) rather than questioning it for themselves.

I'm quite interested to get to the end of the book to see how it turns out. I just can't see how it can end.....

Oh and Ryn, I'd want to live in a world of my own choices, one that came with risks. Because I'm such as questioner and find it difficult to easily conform.