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Huxley is fantastic
Date of Review: Jan 10, 2000
This book is set in the future, but as we progress into the twenty-first century with breakthroughs in genetic engineering and cloning, it is becoming disturbingly more similar with our world today. Our trends are pointing to a braver world like in Huxley's classic.
In BNW, all humans are born in test tubes, given intelligence and characteristics based upon predetermined social class, and conditioned in the lab. Promiscuous sex is encouraged, and those who do not want to be promiscuous are thought different and sometimes sent away. The words "mother" and "father" exist only in legends, and childbirth is an aberration and thought to be disgusting.
The book centers around "The Savage", who was born on a reservation away from the civilized world. But as the story unfolds, we understand society to be the savages and the Savage reacts the only way left to him.
I think Huxley wrote Brave New World as a warning for the future. We must never forget the moral and religious laws that made our society so great. This is an excellent work and should be taken seriously. I recommend Brave New World to everyone.
If you enjoyed this work, try Orwell's 1984 & Animal Farm.
