About this title: An evaluation of the changes that society has undergone since the publication of BRAVE NEW WORLD in 1932, and an examination of the extent to which the book predicted the future.
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Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Harper/Perennial Library, New York
Date Published: 1958
Description: Fair. No dust jacket as issued. Front cover starting to come loose at binding. Edgewear. Small stain bottom corner by spine. Starting to yellow. VERY READABLE! ! ! 120 pages 22 cm. Ships from: MI, USA read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Bantam Books, New York
Date Published: 1960
Description: Fair. No dust jacket as issued. Nice soft cover, lightly read, shelf wear to cover, creases & wear on spine, light slant to book, 1/2" tear on bottom of front cover, light aging to pages, light water mark on edges of last few pages, stk #2039m9. viii, 116 p.; 18 cm. Bantam book F2124. A Bantam Book F2124.. read more
Description: Fair. Clean copy with normal wear for condition. Spine condition is normal or better for the condition. May have book store stamp, price marking or former owner name. read more
"I am pleasantly surprised. This book was a series of essays about certain social institutions that are slowly making the world more closely align with the future Huxley predicts in Brave New World. I am not sure why Huxley is trying so hard to prove that his predictions are more likely to come true than George Orwell's 1984. Here are some of the main ideas that I thoroughly enjoyed:
"That so many of the well fed young television-watchers in the world's most powerful democracy should be so completely indifferent to the idea of self-government, so blankly uninterested in freedom of thought and the right to dissent, is distressing, but not too surprising"
"To be under no physical constraint and yet to be a psychological captive, compelled to think, feel and act as the representatives of the national State, or of some private interest with the nation, want him to think, feel and act"
"Most men and women will grow up to love their servitude and never dream of revolution"."
"So I've begun my Summer Re-Reading, except for this beauty. Everyone I spoke to said that this would be like 1984 by George Orwell. I've got to say, NO. This book was light, funny, almost sassy, and of course, incredibly disturbing at some points. I won't make this a compare and contrast, but I am glad I've finally read it. Huxley is funny and so serious at the same time, it's scary, and it's fun."
"Actually I read "A Brave New World", and skipped the "...Revisited" portion which was added to the end of the book. The story was awesome! A great must-read for anyone. The revisited part was Huxley's thoughts on over-population, brain-washing, etc. as they related to the book and the changes that occurred between the publishing of the two. It also is very intersting and thought-provoking if you want to read it... I just skimmed it."
"Personally...the book as far as story is concerned, is not very good. It's not something that you can make a movie out of. If made into a movie, people would not walk out. They would die in their chairs. But what makes this book so great is the concept behind the boring story line. Although I am a slow reader (and slow in general), this book took me longer to finish than excepted. It is one of those books that you would get side tracked on because it would make you think. Think about our present society and its crazy issues. I was amazed how many of my own thoughts were described in this book. In the end I sided with the society. I find this interesting because I am usually naive towards societies in books where the theme is "me against the world.""
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