Far in the future, the World Controllers have created the ideal society. Through clever use of genetic engineering, brainwashing and recreational sex and drugs all its members are happy consumers. Bernard Marx seems alone harbouring an ill-defined longing to break free. A visit to one of the few remaining Savage Reservations where the old, imperfect life still continues, may be the cure for his distress...
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Far in the future, the World Controllers have created the ideal society. Through clever use of genetic engineering, brainwashing and recreational sex and drugs all its members are happy consumers. Bernard Marx seems alone harbouring an ill-defined longing to break free. A visit to one of the few remaining Savage Reservations where the old, imperfect life still continues, may be the cure for his distress...
- ISBN:
- 9781841593593
- 9781841593593
- Category:
- Classic fiction
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
- 02-12-2013
- Publisher:
- Everyman
- Country of origin:
- United Kingdom
- Pages:
- 264
- Dimensions (mm):
- 212x133x23mm
- Weight:
- 0.41kg
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1 Review
Although there are so many yet to read, this to me is close to the best novel of the 20th century. Orwell's 1984 may garner more attention but I feel that Huxley's dystopia is more relevant to a post-Cold War world. While I would agree with some of the prevailing opinion that the writing in Brave New World is not particularly enjoyable, it contains some very interesting ideas about the future. As noted in the introduction every generation imagines the future based on their present technology but some aspects of Huxley's dystopia seemed to relate well to today. Obviously shallow entertainment for the masses like the 'Feelies' is not unique to recent times but the idea of not allowing privacy and everyone 'belonging' to everyone else seems relevant in the age of social media and data collection.
There are many more themes to discuss from Brave New World but in summary Brave New World is a brilliant piece of work by Aldous Huxley and highly recommended for any deep thinker. The conversation towards the end with Mustapha Mond alone is worth the read. He came up some great names here too. Arch-Community Songster of Canterbury was one of my favourites.
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