Brave New World: Great Classic Book For People Looking For A Different Kind Of Read. (Brave New World - Aldous Huxley)

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Product:	Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
Date:	17/05/08 (40 review reads)
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Advantages: An Insight Into How One Of The Greatest Minds In Literature Predicts The World Of Tomorrow.

Disadvantages: May Be Heavy Reading For Some And Leaves You Wanting To Know What Happened After The Book Ends.

I liked Brave New Wolrd alot, after reading it I tried to read Orwells' 1984 but found that too dated and uniteresting compared to this book,

Aldous Huxley's interest in hallucinogen's is sewn into the plot along with the visions of a dystopian uptopia. (a contradiction I know but I seem to get that from the book). It's a meeting of skewed old world value's of the savage and the new world order,

this clash ends tragically as the experiment goes awry. also the adventures of a skeptical member of the new society that is dabbling in the dangerous territory of questioning authority and getting so close to the island of his dreams,

although in his mind leaving this society he is accustomed to would be a nightmare, this would make him perfect to be a world controller which is implied somewhat in the book,

the other members of the society and his workplace do not understand his inferences and the values of the savage and are so brainwashed that it goes straight over their heads,

this comes to a head when the savage is offered to 'take' a woman, which he thinks is wrong and problems ensue,

also an outcasted member of the society return's with the savage and lavishes in her return, ufortunately she gets too wrapped up in the feelings she used to experience on 'soma' and over does it ending in more tragedy and mixed feelings.

I do not want to totally spoil the plot if I already haven't, but I find it hard not to express the intricaies of the plot, mixed with the narrow thinking of the general populus due to their consumeristic society and fordian values, and when it all gets too much a drug to take all their cares away.

I recommend this book for reading to anyone used to any genre although if you start to like this genre there a few books in it and all differ in the audience which enjoys them.

A great book in all although the dyphoric end may leave you wanting to know what happened after the book ends.

Summary: Good For Those Looking For Something Different, Requires An Good Ability To Read Between The Lines.