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Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

Start date: September 19, 2015

Finish date: September 17, 2015

Why we're reading this: Dystopian, satire, science fiction, set in Europe
[close] Dystopian, satire, science fiction, set in Europe

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Dec 29, 2023 Lee Kimball rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Thought-provoking exploration of themes such as the value of art, the importance of autonomy vs maintaining order, and an especially prescient look at people's disconnectedness due to technology and mind-deadening drug use. I felt like it also highlighted some problems of both socialism and capitalism. A few interesting passages:
- no offense is so heinous as unorthodoxy of behavior...unorthodoxy threatens more than the life of a mere individual. It strikes at society itself.
- we haven't any use ...more

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Aug 25, 2009 Christine rated it really liked it · review of another edition

If this book doesn't scare the crap out of you, I'm not sure what will. Everytime I read it, I realize how close we already are to this, and how much some people would love this world and I just shudder. A really great science fiction vision, made all the scarier for being pretty realistic. ...more

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Sep 03, 2011 Judy rated it liked it

Shelves: passed-on

Another school read

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Sep 07, 2020 Ketutar Jensen rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: recommended-by-friends

Well...
First time I've read this. Interesting. Better than I expected.
Also not as good as I expected :-D I'm not too fond of Aldous Huxley's writing style.
I also experience it as pretty racist.
I don't understand John's thinking. ...more

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