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This is a 'viviparous mother' of all dystopian worlds! Yes, 'viviparous', 'mother' or 'father' are indecent jokes in the time of 'Our Ford'.
This world is majorly fucked up, just like its 1984 edition. Perhaps even more so! This one is also a cold one. Here, exogenesis, 'Bokanovsky's Process' and 'Podsnap's Technique' have taken over human progenity. Babies are no longer born, instead they are 'decanted'.
Here, you get to undergo an operation to remove your gametes 'voluntar ...more
This is a 'viviparous mother' of all dystopian worlds! Yes, 'viviparous', 'mother' or 'father' are indecent jokes in the time of 'Our Ford'.
This world is majorly fucked up, just like its 1984 edition. Perhaps even more so! This one is also a cold one. Here, exogenesis, 'Bokanovsky's Process' and 'Podsnap's Technique' have taken over human progenity. Babies are no longer born, instead they are 'decanted'.
Here, you get to undergo an operation to remove your gametes 'voluntar ...more
I thought I would like this more than I did. I enjoyed it, and I thought there were some really interesting bits in it. I read 1984 right before this, and I think this one may have suffered a bit in comparison. I did like it, though, and it was definitely worth reading!
This was not a book I liked very much. The limited view of his world with his very simplistic criticism of consumerism made the book a very dull, vague read while I kept wondering if anyone really cooked and what would people watch on TV and if everyone was so severely conditioned, who was really controlling this world?
However, the first part was interesting and I wish Huxley had spent more time with that world rather than Savage. The Shakespearean argument was interesting though.
However, the first part was interesting and I wish Huxley had spent more time with that world rather than Savage. The Shakespearean argument was interesting though.
Definitely not one of those classics that has improved with time.
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