A review by mastersal
Brave New World / Brave New World Revisited by Aldous Huxley

5.0

I remember when I first read this book I must have been in my early teens and for the life of my could not understand what the issue was with people. The society portrayed by Huxley seemed to work - people where happy and I was conflicted. Following In Utilitarian thought I figured that that was what mattered. I did have sympathy at the loss of reading but the sci fi story is what sold me and the sheer narrative plot. In rereading this book and the accompanying Essay more than a decade later I was horrified. I finally got the tragedy and what Huxley was admonishing against. Truly a terrible vision wrapped in a great novel. Unfortunately I think we have lost the battle. Sorry Mr Huxley - we have succumbed.