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August 2012: Set in England
By Amara , Group Creator · 292 posts · 211 views
last updated Sep 12, 2012 11:01PM
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I didn't expect to like this as much as I did. Huxley presents something just as relevant for 1930's America as for the 2010's: the loss of modesty, innocence, and quite probably morals and values as well. The "Savage" so mocked and made a sideshow is turning that way today, with viviparous families of all forms struggling against the onslaught of creatures like the Octomom, one step away from decanted kids and Bokanovsky Groups.
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