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Brave New World/ Aldous Huxley

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JLM:
Probably not, though I preferred Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go to both of them in terms of character development and storyline, and I found that one just a bit more disturbing because of the ease in which the characters accept their destiny.

Kai:

--- Quote from: Manta Ray ---I need to read 1984 again. I was fairly young the last time I read it, and I remember getting bored with all the sex (it was cool at first, but then got boring...) and the way they keep reading this book. But I thought the ending was great. yeah, gotta re read this book...
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No, you're pretty dead on: The entire second section gets so boring. It's like, "stop boning and do something already". And the entire part where he's reading a book inside of a book? It needs to die.

sjbrot:

--- Quote from: messeduplilkid ---Did anyone read the sequel? (errr.. was there even a sequel? I thought I had seen one.)
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Brave New World Revisited wasn't really a sequel. It was just Huxley revisiting the themes of the book years after he had written the original and seeing were they applied to current society and where they didn't. Basically talking about whether or not his "predictions" came true in any form. It's pretty enjoyable, and Huxley's style of writting that he uses outside of a narrative is easy to follow and clear.

IronOxide:
Am I the only person who's only read Brave New World?

I liked it enough, but the problem was that the people that resisted against the norm in the book were almost as lifeless as those who didn't. (Not just Bernard, all of them)

The world was creative enough though.

tania:
You might be. It's not necessarily a matter of which book is better or worse, but (in my opinion, anyway) 1984 seems more plot-oriented while Brave New World is more idea-oriented, so people are more drawn to the former, while the latter has a more "high school required reading" feel to it. though maybe no one here agrees with me; that is just sort of how I see them. Personally I have no beef with either of em, I loved them both.

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