Brave New World

by Aldous Huxley

Recommended five times on Five Books by economists, politicians and others, Brave New World is Aldous Huxley’s brilliant dystopian masterpiece.

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“It shows the ways in which technology, our need for certain creature comforts and consumer culture can be used to manipulate us.” Read more...

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Catherine Mayer, Politician

“It is a hilarious, and also very prescient, parody of utopias.” Read more...

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Ellen Wayland-Smith, Miscellaneous

“Brave New World was written in the 1930s, and the book portrays a happy dystopia. There is an abundance of sex. People have a good time.” Read more...

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Chan Koonchung, Novelist

““Huxley” Read more...

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P J O’Rourke, Political Commentator

“The lesson I draw from this is that the purpose of utopia is not so much as an achieved state, as to give people the freedom to pursue their own projects.” Read more...

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John Quiggin, Economist