Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

 

From Goodreads

With introductions by Margaret Atwood and David Bradshaw.

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...

Huxley's ingenious fantasy of the future sheds a blazing light on the present and is considered to be his most enduring masterpiece.

My thoughts

I grabbed a copy of this book from my local Library.  It's one I decided to read with planning to read 1984 by George Orwell.  I want to compare the two books.

I read the introduction to this story by Margaret Attwood and David Bradshaw, I was interested to find out what they had to say before I read the story.  The introductions by them went on for quite some time, but was worth reading in my opinion.

The story by Aldous Huxley was written many years ago, but could easily be set at any time as it's a story set in the future.   This is certainly a very thought provoking read and well worth reading in my opinion.  It sure makes you wonder how the drugs that some people take can immerse them in other worlds.  The lives that the drugs will make them assume they live in, are not always the lives that they are actually living in and can effect their mentality as a result of this.  

How does our World compare to the Brave New World?  This is quite a poignant question and one that you will find out for yourself if you grab a copy of this book to read.