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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
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
Mar 22, 2011
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Am I the only person to have liked a book that is required in school? Brave New World was one of my GCSE texts (the 20th Century novel). Set in the future where the culture worships Henry Ford, as the creator of mass production, even the people are mass produced. Our view of the society is coloured from two view points: a man who is shorter than his caste, so is a misfit; a man who was born naturally and grew up on a reservation.
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