false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517734m/5130.jpg 5130 25 In <i>Island</i>, his last novel, Huxley transports us to a Pacific island where, for 120 years, an ideal society has flourished. Inevitably, this island of bliss attracts the envy & enmity of the surrounding world. A conspiracy is underway to take over Pala & events begin to move when an agent of the conspirators, a newspaperman named Faranby, is shipwrecked there. What Faranby doesn't expect is how his time with the people of Pala will revolutionize all his values &--to his amazement--give him hope. 3269256 1962 Island total:1716|5:475|4:576|3:454|2:164|1:47| 1716 6416 2871 186 5 5 false false Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Thu Apr 26 11:50:49 -0700 2007 Thu Apr 26 12:06:55 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 3 false false Fri Aug 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 11 14:05:26 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 22 15:17:23 -0700 2008
The theme is pure Huxley: intelligent, open-minded man gets shipwrecked on a remote tropical isl...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Dec 04 23:08:30 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 22:55:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 23:08:30 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jun 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue May 27 13:12:51 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 12:00:38 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Mar 06 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 05 16:03:49 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 06 10:17:01 -0800 2008
He learns ...more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Dec 16 13:45:30 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 10:09:14 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 13:45:30 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 17 08:12:13 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 13 12:05:46 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 true false Wed Dec 10 19:02:23 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 19:05:01 -0800 2008 ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Nov 13 07:42:53 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 08:01:33 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Aug 24 16:52:03 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 16 08:59:37 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 24 16:52:03 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Nov 18 08:43:04 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 05:39:09 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 2 false false Wed Sep 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 08:57:24 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 19:45:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jun 25 22:16:15 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 15:05:52 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 22:16:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Oct 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 16:18:05 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 11:18:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jun 13 15:56:30 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 13 20:55:17 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun Oct 11 00:12:32 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 00:21:14 -0700 2009
Huxley, Huxley, Huxley! I want to adore you, and yet it just goes downhill! Brave New World was a masterpiece. Surely, one who is capable of such greatness must have produced addition...more...]]> 5 0 false true Tue Mar 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 05:47:40 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 07:44:47 -0700 2009
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was like a good quality movie
got me interested in the idea of utopia]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 12:25:28 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 17:47:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=5130