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Dewey Decimal Number: 823.912 EAN: 9780060809836 ISBN: 0060809833 Label: HarperPerennial Manufacturer: HarperPerennial Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 288 Publication Date: 1989-06 Publisher: HarperPerennial Studio: HarperPerennial Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Amazon.com Review: "Community, Identity, Stability" is the motto of Aldous Huxley's utopian World State. Here everyone consumes daily grams of soma, to fight depression, babies are born in laboratories, and the most popular form of entertainment is a "Feelie," a movie that stimulates the senses of sight, hearing, and touch. Though there is no violence and everyone is provided for, Bernard Marx feels something is missing and senses his relationship with a young women has the potential to be much more than the confines of their existence allow. Huxley foreshadowed many of the practices and gadgets we take for granted today--let's hope the sterility and absence of individuality he predicted aren't yet to come. Product Description: A mighty novel of soulless, streamlined Eden, a shocking look at a frightening tomorrow. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Prompt and accurateI was very happy with the speed of delivery and the book's quality (which was on par with what the sender had described). Keep up the good work! Rating: - Open the book and open your eyes (please comment)Brave New World takes place in a utopian London around the year 2540, which started with a good idea, but went way wrong. Humans are produced in large numbers in a high-tech factory without the filth of viviparous reproduction. The babies produced are organized into five castes and are conditioned specifically to do their part in maintaining their society. As the reader progresses farther into the story, they find out what is sacrificed for the stability of the utopian world they occupy, when ... Read More Rating: - This book is more enjoyable with some soma!PROS: A fascinating view of the future. The predictions are sometimes chillingly accurate. For example, soma, the drug of choice in the novel, is present today in the plethora of feel-good drugs (Prozac, Viagra, etc.) "A gram is better than a damn," the futurists instruct. Similarly, the "feelies" are 4D movies (touch included) and are even more engrossing and numbing than today's TV. Just you wait. We're headed there. CONS: The novel's pacing is a bit slow at times. CONCLUSION: ... Read More Rating: - Frighteningly PropheticBrave New World / 0-06-092987-1 While "Brave New World" may lack the narrative punch of other dystopias such as "1984", I cannot help but feel that for sheer prophetic rightness, Huxley hits the nail on the head where others fail. Where Orwell sees an oppressive government that frightens and tortures its populace into submission, Huxley envisions a world where government control is total and yet unnoticed, simply because the population does not care. Why care about your government ... Read More Rating: - Dystopia, i long for theeI purchased Brave New World after reading 1984, and while I must confess that I enjoyed Orwell's book just a little bit more, Huxley's work was still an immediately compelling read. I think what I liked best was just how "british" this future was, by which I mean, everything seemed so very posh and hip and how we Americans would tend to see the British, as opposed to (sorry to keep drawing comparisons) 1984, whose depictions of England were much more how they might be viewed by say, South Africa. Read More 
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