Brave new world : and, Brave new world revisited / Aldous Huxley ; foreword by Christopher Hitchens.

By:

Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : HarperCollins, [2004]Edition: 1st edDescription: xxi, 340 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

0060535261 (acidfree paper)
9780060535261 (acid-free paper)

Contained works:

Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963. Brave new world revisited

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LOC classification:

PR6015.U9 B65 2004

Contents:

Brave new world -- Brave new world revisited.

Summary: The astonishing novel Brave New World, originally published in 1932, presents Aldous Huxley's vision of the future-of a world utterly transformed. 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 critical light on the present and is considered to be Huxley's most enduring masterpiece. Following Brave New World is the nonfiction work Brave New World Revisited, first published in 1958. It is a fascinating work in which Huxley uses his tremendous knowledge of human relations to compare the modern-day world with the prophetic fantasy envisioned in Brave New World, including threats to humanity, such as overpopulation, propaganda, and chemical persuasion.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	Speedway Adult Area	Fiction	FIC HUX (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		35550431053936
Book	Speedway Storage	Fiction	FIC HUX (Browse shelf(Opens below))	2	Available		35550431072035

Total holds: 0

First work originally published: New York : Harper, [1932]. 2nd work originally published: New York : Harper, [1958].

Brave new world -- Brave new world revisited.

The astonishing novel Brave New World, originally published in 1932, presents Aldous Huxley's vision of the future-of a world utterly transformed. 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 critical light on the present and is considered to be Huxley's most enduring masterpiece. Following Brave New World is the nonfiction work Brave New World Revisited, first published in 1958. It is a fascinating work in which Huxley uses his tremendous knowledge of human relations to compare the modern-day world with the prophetic fantasy envisioned in Brave New World, including threats to humanity, such as overpopulation, propaganda, and chemical persuasion.