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Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, 1932
Introduction by David Bradshaw.
Citizens of The World State seem to have it all – hallucinogenic drugs, recreational sex. Part of Huxley’s inspiration for this novel was in fact his fear of ‘Americanization’. During a visit to the States he was a tad upset to witness a gum-chewing, pleasure-driven, youth culture and so he wrote this dystopia as a forewarning of where consumer society could take mankind. In Brave New World, monogamy and natural reproduction ar ...more
Introduction by David Bradshaw.
Citizens of The World State seem to have it all – hallucinogenic drugs, recreational sex. Part of Huxley’s inspiration for this novel was in fact his fear of ‘Americanization’. During a visit to the States he was a tad upset to witness a gum-chewing, pleasure-driven, youth culture and so he wrote this dystopia as a forewarning of where consumer society could take mankind. In Brave New World, monogamy and natural reproduction ar ...more
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