tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771056772007230891.post2241595707803036192..comments2024-03-12T09:12:39.608+00:00Comments on libfocus - Irish library blog: Twitter Librarian Book Club: The CircleUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771056772007230891.post-65536552476059201312016-03-01T19:09:28.804+00:002016-03-01T19:09:28.804+00:00Hi David. Excellent piece on a most terrifying boo...Hi David. Excellent piece on a most terrifying book. I read the book two summers ago, read it in three days. As you say, not a subtle book and not great literature but like all dystopian / speculative fiction it is a great novel of great ideas. It is the ideas that keep you reading. <br />The more I read up on digital privacy the more I think that this book should be given out to people as they sign up for any of the accounts of the big tech companies. Because you can see us moving towards a situation where our real lives will mirror the book. And what is worse - do people actually care? Are there more Mae's in the world than Mercers? [he who doesn't buy into world of the Circle?] I think there probably are. And what are the consequences of this to us as people? <br />Thanks for the piece David - as Shona said on Twitter, it was nice to revisit the book through this piece.Martin O Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10743188580566402004noreply@blogger.com