Brave New World, P.S. by Aldous HuxleyMy rating: 4 of 5 stars I was surprised after reading this when I discovered that Aldous Huxley wrote Brave New World in 1932. His descriptions of the culture of the future (he assumed 600 hundred years later) are disturbingly acute, when considering the trends of our current culture as well as our expectations of the near future. Ok, maybe humans mass manufactured in test tubes is a far off possibility (not possible at all I would think), but certain aspects of Aldous Huxley's future world are interesting. His description of future people group's dependence upon drugs and sexuality for fulfillment are particularly cutting when looking at the changes in our own culture in America over the past 50-60 years. Enjoyable novel. It helps the reader to consider what aspects of humanity are truly important and beautiful; the juxtaposition of individual humanity, through the noble savage, and social humanity are very effective in illustrating these points. Recommended if you enjoy science fiction or literature concerning social commentary.
Favorite quotes: "There was a thing called Heaven but all the same they used to drink enormous quantities of alcohol."
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Referring to soma..."All of the advantages of Christianity and alcohol; none of their defects." View all my reviews >>
