Brave New World Revisited
by:
Aldous Huxley (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781417767175 (1417767170)
Publish date: September 1st 2006
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Pages no: 123
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...