Nano Book Review (e)k Aldous Huxley(r)en Brave New World kritika egin du
Culture Shock Kills
5 izar
See review title.
288 orrialde
English hizkuntza
2022ko ira. 28a(e)an Penguin Random House(e)n argitaratua.
Brave New World
5 izar
(6 berrikuspen)
Originally published in 1932, this outstanding work of literature is more crucial and relevant today than ever before. Cloning, feel-good drugs, antiaging programs, and total social control through politics, programming, and media -- has Aldous Huxley accurately predicted our future? With a storyteller's genius, he weaves these ethical controversies in a compelling narrative that dawns in the year 632 AF (After Ford, the deity). When Lenina and Bernard visit a savage reservation, we experience how Utopia can destroy humanity. A powerful work of speculative fiction that has enthralled and terrified readers for generations, Brave New World is both a warning to be heeded and thought-provoking yet satisfying entertainment. - Container.
Asier Iturralde Sarasola (e)k Aldous Huxley(r)en Brave New World kritika egin du
Ia 100 urte baditu ere gaurkotasun handikoa
5 izar
Distopia kontsumista interesgarria. Ez gaude horren urruti.
Eph (they, them) (e)k Aldous Huxley(r)en Brave New World kritika egin du
Class and capitalism destroy what should be good
5 izar
What we remember most is how disappointed we were that the story spun all the wonderful potential benefits of science into a dystopia where class and capitalism prevailed. The book disturbingly portrays how a society with admiral goals can go wrong with rigid and fanatical application. Society, it is to flourish, it needs to be open and alive.
Amanda Quraishi (e)k Aldous Huxley(r)en Brave New World kritika egin du
Layers.
5 izar
I read Brave New World many years ago and decided to re-read it this year. I'd remembered the general storyline but most of the details so it felt fresh, and I'm glad I chose to go back to it because the perspective I have now in my life makes this book even more fascinating. There are layers of meaning in a book that is at once a commentary on our collective past and a disturbingly clear portend of our future. The peace-built-upon-rampant-consumerism setting is chilling in its likeness to where we already are (and where we seem to be headed) as a global society. It's well worth a re-read if you've not picked it up in a while.
