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In this essay, Huxley compares his 1931 novel Brave New World with the current reality and predicts a future of total organization and scientific manipulation. He argues that the nightmare of too much order is emerging and that the odds are more in favor of his vision than Orwell's 1984.
Brave New World (1932), best-known work of British writer Aldous Leonard Huxley, paints a grim picture of a scientifically organized utopia. This most prominent member of the famous Huxley family of England spent the part of his life from 1937 in Los Angeles in the United States until his death.
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1 de jul. de 2011 · Brave New World Revisited. Aldous Huxley. Rosetta Books, Jul 1, 2011 - Literary Criticism - 144 pages. In this “brilliantly written” book, the author of Brave New World reflects on his...
- Aldous Huxley
- Rosetta Books, 2011
- 0795311699, 9780795311697
- Brave New World Revisited
5 de sept. de 2006 · A nonfiction exploration of the themes in Brave New World, comparing the modern-day world with a prophetic fantasy, scrutinizing threats to humanity, and explaining why we have found it virtually impossible to avoid them.
- Harper Perennial Modern Classics
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In this twelve-part work of nonfiction, one of the most important and fascinating books of his career, Huxley uses his tremendous knowledge of human relations to compare the modern-day world with his prophetic fantasy.
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The astonishing novel Brave New World, originally published in 1932, presents Aldous Huxley's vision of the future--of a world utterly transformed. Through the most efficient scientific and psychological engineering, people are genetically designed to be passive and therefore consistently useful to the ruling class.
5 de jul. de 2005 · This powerful work of speculative fiction sheds a blazing critical light on the present and is considered to be Huxley's most enduring masterpiece. Following Brave New World is the nonfiction work Brave New World Revisited, first published in 1958.
