Brave New World

Name: Brave New World
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Aldous Huxley
ISBN: 9798368993294

Author: Aldous Huxley

Narrator: Jason Smith (Male Synthesized Voice)

Unabridged: 7 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Loudly

Published: 09/29/2023

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction, Dystopian, Literary Fiction

Synopsis

"Brave New World," published in 1932, is a dystopian novel by English author Aldous Huxley. Set in a futuristic World State, the narrative centers around a society where people are engineered through artificial wombs and predetermined roles. The society is characterized by advanced technology, widespread use of a pacifying drug called Soma, and a lack of personal freedom and individuality. The story follows Bernard Marx, who is discontented with his life and societal norms, and explores themes such as consumerism, technology, freedom, and the nature of happiness.

About Aldous Huxley

Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) is the author of the classic novels Brave New World, Eyeless in Gaza, and The Genius and the Goddess, as well as such critically acclaimed nonfiction works as The Devils of Loudun, The Perennial Philosophy, and The Doors of Perception. Born in Surrey, England, and educated at Oxford, he died in Los Angeles, California.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kemper on February 17, 2016

Warning! The following review contains humor. If you read it and actually think that I'm being critical of Huxley, try reading it again. (Here's a hint. Look for the irony of the italicized parts when compared to the previous statements.) If you post a comment that asserts that I'm wrong/ stupid/ cr......more

Goodreads review by Johannes on May 24, 2008

This book presents a futuristic dystopia of an unusual kind. Unlike in Orwell's 1984, Huxley's dystopia is one in which everyone is happy. However, they are happy in only the most trivial sense: they lead lives of simple pleasures, but lives without science, art, philosophy or religion. In short, li......more

Goodreads review by Vit on April 23, 2024

Ford and Freud… Machinery and sexuality… These cosmic signs rule the world… Consumers and conformists constitute an ideal society… Like aphides and ants, the leaf-green Gamma girls, the black Semi-Morons swarmed round the entrances, or stood in queues to take their places in the monorail tram-cars. M......more

Goodreads review by Yun on March 15, 2022

I first read Brave New World many years (decades) ago in high school, and I remember thinking it was really interesting at the time. Well, I must have been a doofus back then because this reread just didn't live up to expectations. To be honest, my impression now is that it's all a bit of a mess. Fir......more