I could quite happily churn out lots of detail about this mans life and background, making you read lots of useless facts that don't relate to my actual opinion. But I won't. Instead I will tell you what I think about his writings, from my own experience of reading his books. As I have stated before in one of my previous reviews I am very keen on Aldous Huxley, and he is one of my favourite authors. I am currently reading 'Eyeless in Gaza' and have sadly only managed to get up to page 24. The reason for this slow reading is because this book was written in 1936 and Huxley's flair for the elaborate can make his reading difficult due to the ...  Read the complete review

Aldous Huxley was a brilliant man. I have only read two of his books, Brave New World and The Doors Of Perception, but I have a great deal of respect - awe, even - for the man from my limited reading. Brave New World deals with many uncomfortable issues (the Pavlov-esque conditioning of children, for example) but neglects to judge them morally, and so becomes extremely thought-provoking. The Doors Of Perception, an account of Huxley's first psychedelic experience, is incredibly interesting, almost enough to make you want to try mescaline yourself - I have yet to see as compelling and thought-provoking a discussion of any drugs experience. So from what I've ...  Read the complete review