“[A] masterpiece. ... One of the most prophetic dystopian works of the 20th century.” - Wall Street Journal
“One of the 20th century’s greatest writers.” - Washington Post
“Chilling. . . . That he gave us the dark side of genetic engineering in 1932 is amazing.” - Providence Journal-Bulletin
“A genius . . . a writer who spent his life decrying the onward march of the Machine.” - The New Yorker
“Aldous Huxley is the greatest 20th century writer in English.” - Chicago Tribune
“Huxley uses his erudite knowledge of human relations to compare our actual world with his prophetic fantasy of 1931. It is a frightening experience, indeed, to discover how much of his satirical prediction of a distant future became reality in so short a time.” - New York Times Book Review
“A sometimes appallingly accurate view of today’s world.” - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
“It’s time for everyone to read or reread Brave New World.” - Raleigh News & Observer
"One of the best American novels of the 20th century and surprisingly apt at predicting future scientific advancements, including reproductive technology and psychological conditioning." - Entertainment Weekly
Huxley checks the progress of his prophecies in his seminar novel Brave New World thirty years after it was first published, covering issues such as overpopulation, propaganda, the art of selling and brainwashing, drugs and political control.
From the Back Cover
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 Aldous Huxley's most enduring masterpiece.
The nonfiction work Brave New World Revisited, first 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 overpopulation, propaganda, and chemical persuasion.
About the Author
Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) is the author of the classic novels Island, Eyeless in Gaza, and The Genius and the Goddess, as well as such critically acclaimed nonfiction works as The Devils of Loudun, The Doors of Perception, and The Perennial Philosophy. Born in Surrey, England, and educated at Oxford, he died in Los Angeles.
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