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Brave New World/ Aldous Huxley
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i haven't read 1984, but i read Brave New World for AP Lit and i really enjoyed it. i know a lot of people hate books they are forced to read, but i actually enjoyed this. but i really like books that involve odd societies, like things Bradbury and Vonegut wrote.
and if you're only in the second chapter, it's going to get heavier once the plot gets rolling.
pig nash:
I read it and 1984 relatively close together so I pick up on more of the differences than the similarities. But yeah, I think it's scarier what with the ultrapacification with drugs and feelies.
messeduplilkid:
I really loved the book. Unfort. one thing really irked me, the charchter focus shift. I was really enjoying reading about Bernard. I'm sure Mr. Huxley wanted to have the shift, but it just didnt feel right for me. I didnt want to read about a "savage" who is trying to understand a new world. I wanted to read about Bernard coping with a world that was supposed to be perfect, that was supposed to quench the thirst for things you want but cant have.
Did anyone read the sequel? (errr.. was there even a sequel? I thought I had seen one.)
SearchingForThree:
Well i just finished it. It was good, but i enjoyed 1984 alot more. I agree with messeduplilkid that the character shift is a bit of a shame, but i liked seeing both sides. I wish that Huxley would've expanded further on both the savage and Bernard's view of the world. But I think he does a good job of finishing off the story.
Huxley never wrote a sequel though he did right a small book (essay?) titled "Brave New World Revisted". In "Revisited" Huxley takes the main ideas from his book and fleshes them out. Giving explanations for his reasoning.
Omnicide:
More of a 1984 fella myself.
Anyone else prefered 'The Island' to Brave New World?
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