Brave New World
Originally published in 1932, this outstanding work of literature is more crucial and relevant today than ever before. Cloning, feel-good drugs, antiaging programs, and total social control through politics, programming, and media -- has Aldous Huxley accurately predicted our future? With a storyteller's genius, he weaves these ethical controversies in a compelling narrative that dawns in the year 632 AF (After Ford, the deity). When Lenina and Bernard visit a savage reservation, we experience how Utopia can destroy humanity. A powerful work of speculative fiction that has enthralled and terrified readers for generations, Brave New World is both a warning to be heeded and thought-provoking yet satisfying entertainment. - Container.
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In a future World State where babies are decanted, casts assigned, and pleasure prescribed, a discontented Alpha and a young man raised on a New Mexico reservation walk into the same London together.
Yes. Brave New World has been one of the most frequently challenged books in American schools since its 1932 publication, primarily for sexual content, drug references, and themes some find anti-religion. It remains widely taught.
Brave New World uses denser, more philosophical prose than 1984, with longer passages of debate among characters. Many readers find Orwell more accessible. Both novels are widely considered essential dystopian reading.
Brave New World was written by Aldous Huxley, published in 1932 by WN.
Brave New World is 241 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Brave New World takes most readers 4 to 5 hours to finish.
Brave New World is a standalone novel by Aldous Huxley, not part of a series.
Brave New World is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
