A classic sci-fi dystopia that started out as a parody of H.G. Wells’s Utopian novels, Brave New World is a savage critique of the fallacy of the perfect state, the vogue for genetic engineering and the idea of the noble savage.
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...
Huxley's ingenious fantasy of the future sheds a blazing light on the present and is considered to be his most enduring masterpiece.
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
ISBN: 9781784870140
Number of pages: 288
Weight: 209 g
Dimensions: 197 x 130 x 18 mm
A fantastical look at the world in the future which made me look differently at the present - Observer
A brilliant tour de force, Brave New World may be read as a grave warning of the pitfalls that await uncontrolled scientific advance. Full of barbed wit and malice-spiked frankness. Provoking, stimulating, shocking and dazzling - Observer
Such ingenious wit, derisive logic and swiftness of expression, Huxley's resources of sardonic invention have never been more brilliantly displayed - The Times
A decade ago we smug inhabitants of the information technology age thought Huxley's socio-biological satire had called history wrong. Then along came stem-cells - James Hawes
Not a work for people with tender minds and weak stomachs - J.B. Priestly
'Brave New World' introduces a vision of the future based on universal 'happiness', then proceeds to dissect it's pros and cons through the eyes of a number of key characters. It is the year... More
Not as good as its hype but nevertheless a beautiful written and poetic novel.
Given the reputation of this book I was expecting a complicated in depth insight into modern society highlighting all the flaws, questions and dilemmas of conformity, scientific advances, genetic research and human... More
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