Brave New World (Bridge)

By Aldous Huxley

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0582530334
• ISBN13: 9780582530331
• Release Date: January 1973
• Publisher: Longman Pub Group
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.3" x 0.3" x 4.5"

Customer Reviews

“O brave new world that has such people in't!” – Miranda (The Tempest)

O wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world That has such people in't! –Miranda The Tempest Act 5, scene 1, 181–184 In a world where everyone knows their purpose and is alike, is being different a blessing or a curse? We are treated to a glimpse of a possible future world where friendship can still exist. This is a story of a handful of individuals in a world that emphasizes "Community, Identity, Stability" who find each other and discuss subjects that most of the people of that time could not understand. However, we do. Naturally, the author Aldous Huxley builds his scenarios and draws his conclusions through the characters' speeches and descriptions of experimental history. Bernard Marx, who is about to lose his job because he is different (quite different) from those around him, decides to take a vacation to visit the Zuni's. There, he meets a misplaced person named John. Together with the help of Bernard's friend Henry, they intend to change the world. Soon, they find out the world is incapable of changing. We get an Ayn Rand type speech from Mustapha Mond, one of the world controllers, that helps you realize that in this brave new world, the three friends are the anomaly. How can this enigma be solved? Now look for “Brave New World” TV Movie (1998) Starring: Peter Gallagher, Leonard Nimoy as Mustapha Mond. Also, a three-hour (1980) TV Movie version starring Julie Cobb, Bud Cort, and Keir Dullea.