Leluchela
Tbilisi
A story about this — 1 year ago
chapters 16 and 17, definitely! amazing book. not as good as 84 but still one of the best books ive read.
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Leluchela
Tbilisi
chapters 16 and 17, definitely! amazing book. not as good as 84 but still one of the best books ive read.
A frightening portrait of the future that was not very pleasant to read, but stayed with me for a long time.
If ever I could pinpoint the most brilliant single chapter I’ve ever read, it would be the third chapter in this book.
jeanetterose
Tucson
I have always wanted to read this novel, and now that I have read it I am sorry that it took me so long to finally read it. Huxley contrasts the idea of civilized and uncivilized. What is civilization? while the question remains unanswered Huxley gives his opinions of the extremes and questions our modern idea of civilization. It was a joy to read, and question my own ideas of freedom and civilization along with Huxley. This is a novel that I plan on reading again, and I am sure that I will gain something new from it.
I am reading this now and I CANNOT get through it! It’s so boring!! ahhhh.
adaptable
Imperial County
Back in the 80s, my wife read this book in high school…and my class read Orwell’s 1984 instead. I picked this up on a whim, and finished it in a few days riveted by its incredible symbolism and relevance to today’s world. In my opinion, Huxley “Brave New World” represents a more accurate prediction of the future given the fall of Russian communism.
On a side note, I was surprised how sexual this book is, describing orgies and the “having” of multiple partners. Hardly the subjects one would expect in a high school English class.
None the less, it seems like we are moving more towards a consumer cultured “world state” where we are conditioned into beliefs, values, and identity. With cloning and other technologies on the horizon, we are coming closer and closers to all of the predictions in the book emerging in reality.
Alisha
Tallahassee
Contains one of my favorite quotes about God:
“You remind me of another of those old fellows called Bradley. He defined philosophy as the finding of bad reason for what one believes by instinct. As if one believed anything by instinct! One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them. Finding bad reasons for what one believes for other bad reasons—that’s philosophy. People believe in God because they’ve been conditioned to believe in God.”
bigorangemichael
Smyrna
In honor of banned book week, I’m reading this banned book.
JoeCastagna
East Northport
Read this succker for school Should be fun tough.
sungoddess
London
This is a marvellous bit of writing…
eesley
Cambridge
1/1/2002
An all-time favorite. One of the most important books I’ve ever read.
Halsted Bernard
San Francisco
One cannot deny that we are marching inexorably forward to just this dispassionate fate. Read, remember, and take with you.
Kevan
London
Magnificently prescient view of a happy, controlled utopia; socially-engineered citizens pouring money into entertainment that requires spurious equipment, and never daring to be alone…
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