Brave New World (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: Aldous Huxley
- First Published: 1932
- Type of Work: Dystopian Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction, Satire, Dystopian fiction
- Subjects: Values, Social issues, Future, Science or scientists, Alienation, Class consciousness, Individuality, Human race, Drugs, London, Science fiction, Southwest, Totalitarianism, Technology, Brainwashing, Bioethics
- Locales: London, England, New Mexico
The story begins with the Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning giving a guided tour of his baby factory to a group of students. He explains how four levels of humans are artificially created in bottles, each predestined for a specific role.
Bernard Marx is a discontented intellectual, vaguely bothered by the values of his culture, which emphasize promiscuous sex, conspicuous consumption, and thought control. He and Lenina take a holiday in New Mexico, inhabited by “savages” who live in families, worship Christ, suffer pain, and often die of old age.
There they find...
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