Now a television series by the creators of The Walking Dead!Ranked one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century, this dystopian satire is a brilliant and terrifying vision of a soulless society—and of one man who discovers the human costs of mindless conformity.Hundreds of years in the future, the World Controllers have created an ideal civilization. Its members, shaped by genetic engineering and behavioral conditioning, are productive and content in roles they have been assigned at conception. Government-sanctioned drugs and recreational sex ensure that everyone is a happy, unquestioning consumer; messy emotions have been anesthetized and private attachments are considered obscene. Only Bernard Marx is discontented, developing an unnatural desire for solitude and a distaste for compulsory promiscuity. When he brings back a young man from one of the few remaining Savage Reservations, where the old unenlightened ways still continue, he unleashes a dramatic clash of cultures that will force him to consider whether freedom, dignity, and individuality are worth suffering for.Aldous Huxley’s ingenious fantasy of a future of mechanical efficiency and engineered harmony has been enormously influential for generations, and is as provocative, powerful, and riveting as when it was first published in 1932.
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Brave New World
von Aldous Huxley
Now a television series by the creators of The Walking Dead!Ranked one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century, this dystopian satire is a brilliant and terrifying vision of a soulless society—and of one man who discovers the human costs of mindless conformity.Hundreds of years in the future, the World Controllers have created an ideal civilization. Its members, shaped by genetic engineering and behavioral conditioning, are productive and content in roles they have been assigned at conception. Government-sanctioned drugs and recreational sex ensure that everyone is a happy, unquestioning consumer; messy emotions have been anesthetized and private attachments are considered obscene. Only Bernard Marx is discontented, developing an unnatural desire for solitude and a distaste for compulsory promiscuity. When he brings back a young man from one of the few remaining Savage Reservations, where the old unenlightened ways still continue, he unleashes a dramatic clash of cultures that will force him to consider whether freedom, dignity, and individuality are worth suffering for.Aldous Huxley’s ingenious fantasy of a future of mechanical efficiency and engineered harmony has been enormously influential for generations, and is as provocative, powerful, and riveting as when it was first published in 1932.
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Rezension von charlieHonestly, this must be one of my favourite books. I am not a native English speaker but I read it in English. I struggled a lot with the language but I liked this book so much, that even the hard language wasn’t a problem. I think what has especially affected me is the dilemma: if we live an artificially happy life, should we accept it or question it? Or rather: Are we still human beings if we live happy lives? Or perhaps even more radical: Is a perfect life worth living? I bought this book in London because someone recommended it to me, saying a story I wrote, resembled Aldous Huxleys ideas in Brave New World. I love the style of writing. I love the idea behind it. I love the ending. I love everything about this book. I think the book is still (or perhaps more than ever) relevant to us today. It is easy to get lost in cheap entertainment, to lose yourself in a life full of joy, being entertained all the time. But this perfect world that we can create for ourselves absorbs all real-ness. We can flee into this world at all times and escape all possible bad things. I love the way The Savage keeps thinking about misery. This way he keeps questioning whether this perfect life is worth living. The conclusion that pain is essential to life and it’s worth, even if it sounds odd. I am a person who feels all feelings very strongly so in everyday life, I often feel overwhelmed or, as if everyone else is happier, BECAUSE they feel less. Brave New World has given me the courage to appreciate the fact that I feel so much. Yes, it’s often painful, and it also gives me mental health struggles, but perhaps I am being human. Basically, Brave New World has made me fall in love with imperfection. I can really recommend this book to anyone who can identify with some topics of my review. I sincerely would like to apologise for my English. It’s not so good, but I try to improve. ”If one’s different, one’s bound to be lonely“ ~ The Savage, Page 119
Rezension von IliI may be stupid but this was an awful read. I understand the importance of the themes talked about in it but oh my GOD it read like someone had a half baked plot outline and really wanted to make it about Jesus. The ending was unsatisfactory at best and just annoying at worst. Maybe I don't understand it but this book was just painful once you get past the second chapter.
Rezension von CamilleI read this for school, and I wish I hadn't
Rezension von CelineMehr als 3 Sterne kann ich echt nicht vergeben, eher sogar 2,5. Ein ganz seltsames Buch.
Rezension von Marsidakinda boring. great idea but not a great storyline