Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

Jul 2014 · Harper Collins

About this ebook

Now more than ever: Aldous Huxley's enduring masterwork must be read and understood by anyone concerned with preserving the human spirit

"A masterpiece. . . . One of the most prophetic dystopian works." —Wall Street Journal 

Aldous Huxley's profoundly important classic of world literature, Brave New World is a searching vision of an unequal, technologically-advanced future where humans are genetically bred, socially indoctrinated, and pharmaceutically anesthetized to passively uphold an authoritarian ruling order—all at the cost of our freedom, full humanity, and perhaps also our souls. “A genius [who] who spent his life decrying the onward march of the Machine” (The New Yorker), Huxley was a man of incomparable talents: equally an artist, a spiritual seeker, and one of history’s keenest observers of human nature and civilization. 

Brave New World, his masterpiece, has enthralled and terrified millions of readers, and retains its urgent relevance to this day as both a warning to be heeded as we head into tomorrow and as a thought-provoking, satisfying work of literature. Written in the shadow of the rise of fascism during the 1930s, Brave New World likewise speaks to a 21st-century world dominated by mass-entertainment, technology, medicine and pharmaceuticals, the arts of persuasion, and the hidden influence of elites. 

Ratings and reviews

From a "prediction-of-the-future" standpoint, this novel is very good. It predicted things like globalism, mass consumerism, widespread promiscuity, and the drug culture of the 1960's (and arguably, today). So, why am i giving it one star, you might be asking? When it comes to the actual book, it's one of the worst (and possibly overrated) books i've ever read. All the characters are bland and don't have any characterization. You can't care for ANYBODY in this novel for that very reason. The plot is also very bland. It just moves from one random predicament to the other. One minute, you're reading about "obstacle golf" and "Soma," next you're reading about John from the reservation. I feel like this book would've been better as non-fiction, not science-fiction.

wasnt bad, but it wasnt really that good either. had a few moments that i enjoyed and wanted to keep reading. and then there were moments where i felt bored and just wanted to finish the book

THIS was the best sci-fi book I have come across in a while...It really makes you keep an open mind about the future and what mankind will evolve into

About the author

Aldous Huxley (1894–1963) is the author of the classic novels Brave New World, Island, Eyeless in Gaza, and The Genius and the Goddess, as well as such critically acclaimed nonfiction works as The Perennial Philosophy and The Doors of Perception. Born in Surrey, England, and educated at Oxford, he died in Los Angeles, California.