Brave New World

'Brave New World' expresses some important ideas, and for that reason it's an interesting book. It is not, however, a good book. The writing is somewhat too dramatic, and the characters are unsympathetic - simply vessels for the encapsulation and decanting of a particular idea. Perhaps this is a conscious reflection of the way humans are manufactured in Huxley's brave new world - predestined to a particular role in life, and unable and unwilling to escape from it. All things considered I would recommend the book despite its flaws.

A book that I would recommend for any fan of this genre. The society that Huxley has created I'd truly intriguing. Though I should say that there are some passages where the focus shifts between characters very quickly without any indication, which does take some getting used to. There is also the of typo in the text, but that's just nitpicking :)

Aldous Huxley’s Brave new world is probably lesser known but is equal to, and in some respects, even more on point than Orwell’s 1984. Both are set in a totalitarian future, where your actions are controlled and your way of life is set boundaries. A Brave New World is less ‘in your face’ terrifying than 1984 but is perhaps even more chilling as a result. It goes deep into the conditioning of the different classes and how they are created without a mother or father. I think this is an accurate description of where Western society might be headed, though this is far more radical. In modern day society people are ‘conditioned’ by what they see on the television and what they read in magazines and books. The justification for this conditioning is striving for happiness, where no one is ever lonely, sad or bored. There is always something to do, though none of it may be undertaken alone. There is a scene in particular where one of the World Controllers, a man who decides the future has a conversation with the Savage (a man who has not lived in the civilization and has not gone through the long conditioning process). He talks about losing truth, beauty and real feelings in order for ever