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shelved by...sanctionedmadness      shelf...have read      rating...4
tags...none

'Dystopia at its best'

updated...Dec 02, '08    spoilers...none

This is a great work of dystopian fiction. Huxley presents some really pinpointed and accurate critiques of modern society all while maintaining an aura of almost perverse wonder. Plus, the ending still jars me every time I read it.
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shelved by...drneevil      shelf...have read      rating...5
tags...dystopianfuture

'Brave New World Review'

updated...May 22, '07    spoilers...minor

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Brave New World is the story of a world that has come to be after the "nine years war." In this world, individuality is no longer welcomed. Humans are no longer born in the traditional sense of the world. They are grown. Mankind has been reduced down to genetic manipulation and is created on an assembly line.

Mankind comes in various ranks. There are the best of the best, golden and chiseled, and there are the worst of the worst, the fetuses who are injected with alcohol while they are growing. Whether the best or the worst, each person serves a very specific function to the new society. God has become nothing but a myth that society mocks and laugh at. God has, in fact, become replaced with the term "Ford".

What a terrifying glimpse into the future...more frigtening by the fact that when compared to its contemporaries: it's positiviely optimistic in outlook. What a bleak and yet staggaringly realistic glimpse into a world of plastic surgury and reccreational drugs. Fascinating, and more relevant now than when it was written!
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shelved by...elspeth97      shelf...have read      rating...4
tags...scifi

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updated...Apr 04, '07    spoilers...n/a

Very interesting look at the future. Though for the most part the future pictured here is somber, there does seem to be a little hope, too.
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shelved by...galka      shelf...favourite      rating...4
tags...dystopia huxley

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updated...Dec 01, '06    spoilers...none

My favorite dystopia. The personal perspective
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