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Where to start - [24 Jan 2010]
I found out about this book from a friend who was interested in reading it, and after researching it and seeing it compared to George Orwell's 1984, I decided to read it. I think critic Neil Postman said it best with, "What Orwell feared were those who...
it and seeing it compared to George Orwell's 1984, I decided to read it. I think critic...
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Mass producing humans? - [01 Dec 2009]
Brave New World By: Quinn, Greg, Terrance, and Tatiauna (12th grade) Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is a dystopian novel that points out some important flaws in society. The setting of the book is in a future society in London, England where the Central...
Huxley is a dystopian novel that points out some important flaws in society. The setting...
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Great Price! - [11 Nov 2009]
This is a great edition of this classic novel. Best of all, I got a great price for 52 of my students using Amazon - no tax, no shipping, and a discounted price. You can bet I'll be checking Amazon first from now on!
my students using Amazon - no tax, no shipping, and a discounted price. You can bet I'll be...
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Brave New World--a contrarian view - [25 Sep 2009]
Though easily his most famous book, Brave New World may also the least satisfactory for those readers who enjoyed Huxley's work from the first decades of the century--or at least it is less satisfactory reading for me. To wit, for others familiar with...
readers who enjoyed Huxley's work from the first decades of the century--or at least it...
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Appreciative Buyer - [09 Aug 2009]
As a college student, getting good deals is at the top of my list. I will definitely be using "Your Online Bookstore" in the future.
"Your Online Bookstore" in the future.
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Excellent Fiction - [13 Jul 2009]
If you loved 1984 or the Handmaid's Tale this is another to add to the collection. This book portays a future Earth in this fiction.
portays a future Earth in this fiction.
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Important piece of literature - [01 Jul 2009]
I had heard several rave reviews of this book, read it was on the banned list for a while and saw it listed on preparatory reading lists for college bound students. When I first started reading it, I could not understand why schools assign it to high ...
and saw it listed on preparatory reading lists for college bound students. When I first started...
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an exciting work - [29 Jun 2009]
I read this book again recently and it still holds up as an excellent piece of fiction. The narrative is exciting and energetic and contains much originality. I don't find Huxley's vision or social statement particularly compelling or insightful, but ...
narrative is exciting and energetic and contains much originality. I don't find Huxley's ...
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A tour de force - [14 Jun 2009]
It looks like Aldous Huxley wrote this book as a reaction to some of the Utopian books that authors like HG Wells wrote glorifying scientific progress. Huxley wrote this vision of dystopia and was a few years ahead of the more famous George Orwell's 1...
authors like HG Wells wrote glorifying scientific progress. Huxley wrote this vision of dystopia...
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Oh brave new world that has such people in it . . . - [16 Mar 2009]
_Brave New World_, first published in 1932, by writer and thinker Aldous Huxley is a classic science fiction tale that reveals a utopian future in which genetic modification, social organization, and designer pharmaceuticals have been perfected to create...
science fiction tale that reveals a utopian future in which genetic modification, social...
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