May be these readings came in wake of the increasing uncertainty towards the kind of future we are standing on the brink of. That makes for a reverse order in terms of their time of publication.I am not sure why I felt drawn to these books in succession. Then I read Brave New World by Huxley and then We by Zamyatin followed by the little story (The New Utopia) by Jerome.īNW inspired me to read We. It left me so numb that I couldn't gather my thoughts on the experience of reading it. May be these readings came in wake of the increasing unc 1984 by Orwell was the first work of dystopian fiction that I laid my hands on. Then I read Brave New World by Huxley and then We by Zamyatin followed by the little story (The New Utopia) by Jerome. The non-fiction work Brave New World Revisited, published in 1958, is a fascinating work in which Huxley uses his tremendous knowledge of human relations to compare the modern-day world with his prophetic fantasy envisioned in Brave New World, including the threats to humanity, such as over-population, propaganda, and chemical persuasion.moreġ984 by Orwell was the first work of dystopian fiction that I laid my hands on. This powerful work of speculative fiction sheds a blazing critical light on the present and is considered to be Aldous Huxley's most enduring masterpiece. Through the most efficient scientific and psychological engineering, people are genetically designed to be passive and therefore consistently useful to the ruling class. This powerful work of speculative fiction sheds a blazing The astonishing novel Brave New World, originally published in 1932, presents Aldous Huxley's vision of the future-of a world utterly transformed. The astonishing novel Brave New World, originally published in 1932, presents Aldous Huxley's vision of the future-of a world utterly transformed.
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