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3.5 Stars
“But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.”
“I want to know what passion is. I want to feel something strongly.”
Had you asked me 10 days ago about this book, I would have said, 'I read it in high school and there is a savage somewhere in it.'
As I have said before, so many of the books that were required reading in high school were completely wasted on me-- I just wasn't worried enough about the world around me -- ...more
“But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.”
“I want to know what passion is. I want to feel something strongly.”
Had you asked me 10 days ago about this book, I would have said, 'I read it in high school and there is a savage somewhere in it.'
As I have said before, so many of the books that were required reading in high school were completely wasted on me-- I just wasn't worried enough about the world around me -- ...more
Unlike any other science fiction book, this really gets to the heart of the human condition. When we desire something the pleasure comes from the desire itself rather than obtaining the desired object. It is on this basis that Huxley's apparent Utopia where all human needs are instantly met is so unsettling.
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