Brave New World Revisited
by:
Aldous Huxley (author)
In 1958, Aldous Huxley wrote what might be called a sequel to his novel Brave New World, published in 1932, but it was a sequel that did not revisit the story or the characters, or re-enter the world of the novel. Instead, he revisited that world in a set of 12 essays.
In 1958, Aldous Huxley wrote what might be called a sequel to his novel Brave New World, published in 1932, but it was a sequel that did not revisit the story or the characters, or re-enter the world of the novel. Instead, he revisited that world in a set of 12 essays.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780060955519 (0060955511)
Publish date: 2000
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 144
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Writing,
Essays,
Science Fiction,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Politics,
Philosophy,
Sociology,
Psychology,
Dystopia
While being extremist at times, Huxley showed that he was well read in neurology, psychology, foreign policies and media. This collection of essays portrait him as a realistic Nostradamus.
I fucking hate politics. It's only useful in a very small amount of cases and in the rest of the time it's just a big pile of bullshit that is fed to people in order to keep them at their lower level. I don't like governments and people that run countries and I really really don't like them in count...
what does it say that there is nothing really surprising in here?
This is apparently one of the classics of modern literature, and came very highly recommended.My personal reaction to it was that the premise was interesting, but the characterization left something to be desired. It isn't until about the third or fourth chapter that the character most identifiable...
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