Brave New Worldby Aldous Huxley | |
| List(s): | "Racine Library List" "Carp 500" |
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| Category: |
"Fiction - S. F./Fantasy" |
| Pages: | 177 |
| Year of Publication: | 1939 |
| Date Read: | 04/22/1989 |
| Notes: | A scientifically balanced, efficiently controlled state that allows for no personal emotions or individual responses; art and beauty are considered disruptive and “mother” and “father” are forbidden terms. Into this world is introduced John the Savage, who was abandoned with his mother in a primitive outpost. When his mother dies of an overdose of the feel-good drug, John revolts. COMMENTS — Aldous' grandfather was Thomas Henry Huxley, a biologist who helped Charles Darwin develop the theory of evolution. In the 1950s Huxley became famous for his interest in psychedelic or mind-expanding drugs like mescaline and LSD, which he apparently took many times over the years. |
| My Rating: | 5 |