Record Number |
772013 |
ISBN |
9781784870140 (paperback) |
1784870145 (paperback) |
9781841593593 (hardback) |
Author |
Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963 author. |
Title |
Brave new world / Aldous Huxley ; with introductions Margaret Atwood and David Bradshaw. |
Edition |
New edition. |
Publisher/Date |
London : Vintage Classic, 2014. |
©1932 |
Pagination etc. |
229 pages ; 20 cm. |
Contents note |
This edition originally published: 2007. |
Summary Note |
This title comes with introductions by Margaret Atwood and David Bradshaw. Far in the future, the World Controllers have created the ideal society. Through clever use of genetic engineering, brainwashing and recreational sex and drugs all its members are happy consumers. Bernard Marx seems alone harbouring an ill-defined longing to break free. A visit to one of the few remaining Savage Reservations where the old, imperfect life still continues, may be the cure for his distress...Huxley's ingenious fantasy of the future sheds a blazing light on the present and is considered to be his most enduring masterpiece. |
Subject |
Genetic engineering -- Fiction |
Future life -- Fiction |
Totalitarianism -- Fiction |
Passivity (Psychology) -- Fiction |
Dystopias -- Fiction |
Science fiction. |
Added Author |
Atwood, Margaret, 1939- author of introduction, etc. |
Bradshaw, David, 1955- author of introduction, etc. |
Shelf Location |
F HUXL |