It was written in the thirties. It is one of my favourite books. I highly recommend it. Huxley's vision of the future is startling..Natural birth is considered disgusting. All babies are "test tube" babies and from the moment they are "hatched" they are conditioned to accept and enjoy their status. Some are conditioned to be Alphas for example and some Epsilons. There is a "wildlife reserve" that people can fly over in their helicopters to see the odd few "normal" humans live. Anyway I love the book and find it prophetic Does anyone else agree?
2007-10-27 03:28:05 · 6 answers · asked by trancebabe 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I'm glad I'm a Beta, because Alphas have to work too hard. Pass the soma.
2007-10-27 03:37:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Let's not forget human cloning, which he wrote about decades before it became an issue.
And as far as the conditioning to accept their status, I was reminded of this by a friend of a friend who was in the Navy. At different times, he talked about how "Marines are stupid, all they know how to do is shoot whatever moves" and "The Air Force is a bunch of [pansies]". I was just waiting for him to say "But the Navy is just right for me!"
We are also becoming more and more afraid of aging. Many women, and even some men, do everything they can to keep a wrinkle-free face, and people get plastic surgery to try to look like they did at 20.
2007-10-27 13:02:25 · answer #2 · answered by jellybeanchick 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not so much prophetic I feel, but a manifestation of a culmination of ideas from the scientific, medical, political and philosophical thinking of his time. The same ideas that influenced George Orwell I believe. These guys mixed in circles that gave them an insight into a desired future of scientific extreme and absolute control. I see the book as a warning of thing to come (HG Wells) which we have failed to heed.
2007-10-28 09:26:59 · answer #3 · answered by misallot 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely - I first read it 45 years ago - I am sure Huxley meant it to be a prophesy but not to come true quite so soon. Sometime this century we will probably be there. Orwell's 1984 is another that is also scarily getting too near the truth for comfort .
2007-10-27 10:39:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
I agree with you wholeheartedly Aldous Huxley is one of my favourite authors too.If you haven't read it already , you should get yourself a copy of Island. Its his version of utopia and a fantastic read.I have learned many a thing from Huxleys writings.
2007-10-27 10:46:10 · answer #5 · answered by jugglermatt1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is scarily so. the promiscuity and drug use too and science does seem to be taking over...
2007-10-27 15:57:22 · answer #6 · answered by kelby_lake 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋