Not a fanI didn't have the best of times with Brave New World. Again, I actually enjoyed the show. Not as much as Foundation on Foundation is like on a level of its own.
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Brave New World (1932)
Others: Leaning positive Originally published in 1932, this outstanding work of literature is more crucial and relevant today than ever before. Cloning, feel-good drugs, antiaging programs, and total social control through politics, programming, and media -- has Aldous Huxley accurately predicted our future? With a storyteller's genius, he weaves these ethical controversies in a compelling narrative that dawns in the year 632 AF (After Ford, the deity). When Lenina and Bernard visit a savage reservation, we experience how Utopia can destroy humanity. A powerful work of speculative fiction that has enthralled and terrified readers for generations, Brave New World is both a warning to be heeded and thought-provoking yet satisfying entertainment. - Container.
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- 9781444474794
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- 232 pages
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Loved it1984 and Brave New World and A Clockwork Orange are all books that I really, really liked.
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MixedThis is undeniably one of the most influential dystopian books of all time. But just in terms of my own personal reading enjoyment, I have it at number seven just because I found some chapters more engaging than others.
Not a fanthe one that I hate with a fiery passion is Brave New World God I hate that book I really do it's boring it's dry
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Loved itAnd 'Brave New World', also excellent.
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