1984 by Orwell was the first work of dystopian fiction that I laid my hands on. It left me so numb that I couldn't gather my thoughts on the experience of reading it. Then I read Brave New World by Huxley and then We by Zamyatin followed by the little story (The New Utopia) by Jerome. BNW inspired me to read We. That makes for a reverse order in terms of their time of publication.I am not sure why I felt drawn to these books in succession. May be these readings came in wake of the increasing unc...

Yeah, I enjoyed this 10000000000x better than 1984. AND WHAT WAS THAT ENDING????

There are so many layers to Brave New World. One aspect that is often overlooked is its exploration of what it means to be human, and how far humanity can be stretched and altered before basic humanness disappears. I think this is why the book still resonates today -- even though the methods have changed, we are still using technology to play with the idea of humanness, whether it be computers, genetic engineering or something else. The book raises questions about the interplay of science and te...

I somehow managed to live to age 60 before reading a book most people read in high school. The title is so etched in our culture, I had little curiosity - and now I've discovered just how brilliant this 1932 novel is. While the specifics of Huxley's Brave New World may not yet be here, or not in the form he envisioned, the picture he paints is frightening. As he says in the introduction: "There is, of course, no reason why the new totalitarianisms should resemble the old...A really efficient tot...

“The nature of psychological compulsion is such that those who act under constraint remain under the impression that they are acting on their own initiative. The victim of mind-manipulation does not know that he is a victim. To him the walls of his prison are invisible, and he believes himself to be free. That he is not free is apparent only to other people. His servitude is strictly objective.”While its illustrious counterpart, Orwell’s 1984, has entered our cultural lexicon in more significant...

Yes, I read this a long time ago. No, I didn't remember anything. I came to the book thinking it was a mirror image of 1984, with the political violence and control. But Huxley is much more subtle, and ironic. The control evident in THIS Brave New World has been willingly given over...relationships, emotions, drive, ambition. Individualism...none of this matters, and no one cares.I had forgotten the tongue-in-cheek humor in the observations...until John Savage appears. Then the tone shifts and t...

This was an OK book. First off I enjoyed the futuristic feel of the book even though it was written back in the Thirties. The idea of humans being mass produced is pretty wild. The thing that I didn't like about it was the dryness of the book. I did not see a plot buildup nor a very "high" climax in the plot. In some sections the book is really dense and I would have to use Sparknotes on it to try and decipher its meaning. In some other cases it was a good read that I could follow. I am the type...

This is an important work, hence a well-deserved 4-stars. The novel was written in 1932, and the nonfiction "Revisited" in 1958. The novel is weird...but important. The nonfiction work is also important but, more than anything, chillingly prescient. I wonder what Huxley would have thought about the world today...Here's an excerpt from the chapter, "Propaganda Under a Dictatorship":"'All effective propaganda,' Hitler wrote, 'must be confined to a few bare necessities and then must be expressed in...

This book struck home with me once John was introduced. I read this book in 3 days and when I wasn't reading it I was thinking about it and how it would end. I will re-read this book one day.

This one just didn't live up to the hype I had built up about it. I feel bad giving it 3 stars but I just didn't enjoy it that much. I'm sure I should have read it long ago.

What I like most about Brave New World is that it centers on the disease of human passivity as it's controlled by the higher-ups in society. With 1984 there is the possibility for consciousness of the inherent evil of the subversive intolerance of the government, and therefore the possibility for revolution. If only the people would realize their situation! If only the proles could unite against totalitarian tyranny! With Huxley's fable, however, this consciousness is completely undermined throu...

What would happen if you were designed in a lab? If things like hair color, height, and IQ, were determined by a Greek letter? Brave New World is a book where people are born in test tubes. They are then decided to be in the Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, or Epsilon class. Then they decide all of your characteristics, based on what class you are in. As you group up, you are taught morals through the hypnopaedic process (sleep-teaching). One of these morals is to not like being alone. But, there is

Prophetic. Well, Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) tried to predict what would happen probably during our time now up to the 26th century or 632 A.F. (Anno Ford with Year 0 being 1908 when Model T was introduced). He wrote this novel, Brave New World in 1931 and first published in 1932. Fifteen years after, in 1949 George Orwell did a similar thing when he published his social science fiction, 1984. Both Huxley and Orwell were like Nostradamus but without the dreams or visions. Huxley came from the famo...

Brave New World A difficult book to rate. I thoroughly hated the journey. Random thoughts that popped into my head along the way included:- I’d like to go to Iceland. Right now.- I could really use a soma tablet.- Dystopia is so not my cup of teaThe ideas communicated are both profound and profoundly disturbing, but the vehicle used to communicate them to the reader is simply excruciating. Lame, shallow characterizations along with a simplistic and simply boring plot = a lethal combination. I

Brave New World beat out 1984 as the tyranny of choice. Consider smartphone addiction, people love to be enslaved 2,ooo times a day and beg for the privilege. I don't believe most people make independent decisions anymore, they just act out their programming. The first step to overcoming brainwashing is to realize you've been brainwashed. Do you fail to one star your DNF's? To do so is to cheat the reading community of their time. Is it because you are lazy or because you want to be nice? If you...

I needed something to read on the plane from San Antonio so I picked this book up at an airport bookstore. It was a good choice because I have been interested in dystopian literature for some time. I found Brave New World both prescient and engaging. I thought Huxley did a good job not only describing his view of the future, but also supplying a decent plot and good character development. The interplay between the rebellious intellectual Bernard Marx, the beautiful and shallow, fully acclimated

Tonight, I finished "Brave New World", a book published in 1932, by Aldous Huxley. Ironically I was wearing work boots and pants, and on the clock for a fortune five hundred company. A pawn, an epsilon if you may, in this world run on time, money, and class. His visions have come true in a sense, but just the fact that we can read such things proves different. But, it does give proof that maybe his new society had it right. If I had never read this book, or any book, or any free form of entertai...

Not sure how I made it through high school and college without ever having read this book, but I don't remember it ever being assigned. I'm glad I read it, even though it wasn't exactly a pleasant reading experience. It's fascinating to see through Huxley's eyes as he is writing in the 1930's I think, and imagining what the future could hold. Babies being created in labs and jars, (long before anyone ever invented IVF or anything), lots of social conditioning starting from the time a person is b...

Won't be reading Brave New World Revisited, as I've heard it's a waste of time. Great book overall.

The story refused to go where I would anticipate it to, making it pretty fascinating and engaging. However, there are still many unanswered questions, which I feel would have enhanced the story, but were left out in favor of continuously outcasted protagonists and an overall wider message.