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Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

Start date: June 1, 2017

Finish date: June 30, 2017

Discussion: New School Classics- 1915-2005

Why we're reading this: Revisit the Shelf Classic Reread, June 2017

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Dec 08, 2010 Chinook rated it liked it

Shelves: 1001, america, audiobook, europe, 1-kindle, dystopia, parenthood

I'm listening to Michael York read Brave New World. His accent makes it feel very dated, though the content is relevant to modern day.

Also, I remembered this read very poorly, though understandably so, I suppose because I must have been about 16-17 when I first read it.m

It's not, in my opinion, one of the better dystopias. Some of the predictions, especially of the science of the future, are quite dated - notably more so than 1984, it felt to me. The male-female relationships are just beyond fu ...more

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Feb 19, 2019 Vikas rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: nbtr

Wowee what a terrifying future and to think that it still feels plausible and this book will complete 100 years in just a few more years. This book like most of you already know imagines in a future society that has eliminated happiness, religion, education and people just produced for different tasks. In this "Utopia" comes a "Savage" a person from natural reserves they keep and questions and challenges their believes and society.

The start of the book is very dry and technical but I guess that ...more

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Nov 05, 2016 Marita rated it liked it

Shelves: book-club

This is a bit difficult to rate. I think the book was brilliantly conceived and written, and love the areas of life and culture it prompts me to explore and consider. Though many of the themes and imagery will stay with me for a long time, it is not a book I will likely ever read again. It's been on my t0-read list ever since reading Neil Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death, so I am glad I finally took the time to tackle it.
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