Book Of The Month December, 2007
Brave New WorldAldous Huxley
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MARGARET ATWOOD Far in the future, the World Controllers have created the ideal society. Through clever use of genetic engineering, brainwashing and recreational sex and drugs all its members are happy consumers. Bernard Marx seems alone harbouring an ill-defined longing to break free. A visit to one of the few remaining Savage Reservations where the old, imperfect life still continues, may be the cure for his distress
What We Think
John King, author of White Trash, on Brave New World:
‘This was an important book when I first read it and, sadly, even more relevant twenty-five years on. The world Huxley predicted is taking shape genetic and social engineering is accepted; ecstasy kills protest; bland music keeps people dancing; and the natural world is more marginalised than ever.’