Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited

Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited

<p><strong>Now more than ever: Aldous Huxley's enduring "masterpiece ... one of the most prophetic dystopian works of the 20th century" (<em>Wall Street Journal</em>) must be read and understood by anyone concerned with preserving the human spirit in the face of our "brave new world"</strong></p><p>Aldous Huxley's profoundly important classic of world literature, <em>Brave New World</em> is a searching vision of an unequal, technologically-advanced future where humans are genetically bred, socially indoctrinated, and pharmaceutically anesthetized to passively uphold an authoritarian ruling order--all at the cost of our freedom, full humanity, and perhaps also our souls. €œA genius [who] who spent his life decrying the onward march of the Machine€ (<em>The New Yorker</em>), Huxley was a man of incomparable talents: equally an artist, a spiritual seeker, and one of history€s keenest observers of human nature and civilization. <em>Brave New World, </em>his masterpiece, has enthralled and terrified millions of readers, and retains its urgent relevance to this day as both a warning to be heeded as we head into tomorrow and as thought-provoking, satisfying work of literature. Written in the shadow of the rise of fascism during the 1930s, <em>Brave New World</em> likewise speaks to a 21st-century world dominated by mass-entertainment, technology, medicine and pharmaceuticals, the arts of persuasion, and the hidden influence of elites. </p><p>"Aldous Huxley is the greatest 20th century writer in English." €"C<em>hicago Tribune</em></p><p>This book also includes the full text of <em>Brave New World Revisited</em>, Huxley's 1958 nonfiction followup to <em>Brave New World</em>.</p>