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Brave New World, Animal Farm & 1984
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Published November 5, 2020
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Aldous Huxley
967 books13.7k followersAldous Leonard Huxley was an English writer and philosopher. His bibliography spans nearly 50 books, including non-fiction works, as well as essays, narratives, and poems.
Born into the prominent Huxley family, he graduated from Balliol College, Oxford, with a degree in English literature. Early in his career, he published short stories and poetry and edited the literary magazine Oxford Poetry, before going on to publish travel writing, satire, and screenplays. He spent the latter part of his life in the United States, living in Los Angeles from 1937 until his death. By the end of his life, Huxley was widely acknowledged as one of the foremost intellectuals of his time. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature nine times, and was elected Companion of Literature by the Royal Society of Literature in 1962.
Huxley was a pacifist. He grew interested in philosophical mysticism, as well as universalism, addressing these subjects in his works such as The Perennial Philosophy (1945), which illustrates commonalities between Western and Eastern mysticism, and The Doors of Perception (1954), which interprets his own psychedelic experience with mescaline. In his most famous novel Brave New World (1932) and his final novel Island (1962), he presented his visions of dystopia and utopia, respectively.
Born into the prominent Huxley family, he graduated from Balliol College, Oxford, with a degree in English literature. Early in his career, he published short stories and poetry and edited the literary magazine Oxford Poetry, before going on to publish travel writing, satire, and screenplays. He spent the latter part of his life in the United States, living in Los Angeles from 1937 until his death. By the end of his life, Huxley was widely acknowledged as one of the foremost intellectuals of his time. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature nine times, and was elected Companion of Literature by the Royal Society of Literature in 1962.
Huxley was a pacifist. He grew interested in philosophical mysticism, as well as universalism, addressing these subjects in his works such as The Perennial Philosophy (1945), which illustrates commonalities between Western and Eastern mysticism, and The Doors of Perception (1954), which interprets his own psychedelic experience with mescaline. In his most famous novel Brave New World (1932) and his final novel Island (1962), he presented his visions of dystopia and utopia, respectively.
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January 21, 2021
A glimpse of tomorrow if we do nothing
The horror of this book is happening today. I see many comparisons to the government’s move toward totalitarianism and complete suppression of our citizens. I urge all to read this book so they can prepare for what is facing us, or find some way to step back from the cliff and re-establish our God given freedoms. Courage will come at a price.
The horror of this book is happening today. I see many comparisons to the government’s move toward totalitarianism and complete suppression of our citizens. I urge all to read this book so they can prepare for what is facing us, or find some way to step back from the cliff and re-establish our God given freedoms. Courage will come at a price.
February 1, 2021
Fantastic dystopian and chilling!
Never read Brave New World before, it's a must read book! Fabulous scope , a truly chilling look at a society set up of groups of genetically customised castes utterly indoctrinated from birth onwards. As for Animal Farm and 1984, my first return to both titles in a long time - exactly as disturbing and emotive as my first visit. All 3 need reading at least once, a reminder of the enjoyment of freedom of speech and thought.
Never read Brave New World before, it's a must read book! Fabulous scope , a truly chilling look at a society set up of groups of genetically customised castes utterly indoctrinated from birth onwards. As for Animal Farm and 1984, my first return to both titles in a long time - exactly as disturbing and emotive as my first visit. All 3 need reading at least once, a reminder of the enjoyment of freedom of speech and thought.
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February 1, 2021Never Finished Brave New World
April 3, 2021
Descriptions of an end-time society
Apparently the New World Order seeks to bring the Western Civilization to such societies described here in these three books...
Apparently the New World Order seeks to bring the Western Civilization to such societies described here in these three books...
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May 29, 2021Animal Farm is satire at its best.
July 11, 2021
Enjoyable
All three of these stories were very good the last 1984 was the hardest story that I have read. But got to the end
All three of these stories were very good the last 1984 was the hardest story that I have read. But got to the end
Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews