{"product_id":"brave-new-world-and-brave-new-world-revisited-isbn-9780060535261","title":"Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNow more than ever: Aldous Huxley's enduring \"masterpiece ... one of the most prophetic dystopian works of the 20th century\" (\u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e) must be read and understood by anyone concerned with preserving the human spirit in the face of our \"brave new world\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAldous Huxley's profoundly important classic of world literature, \u003cem\u003eBrave New World\u003c\/em\u003e is a searching vision of an unequal, technologically-advanced future where humans are genetically bred, socially indoctrinated, and pharmaceutically anesthetized to passively uphold an authoritarian ruling order--all at the cost of our freedom, full humanity, and perhaps also our souls. “A genius [who] who spent his life decrying the onward march of the Machine” (\u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e), Huxley was a man of incomparable talents: equally an artist, a spiritual seeker, and one of history’s keenest observers of human nature and civilization. \u003cem\u003eBrave New World, \u003c\/em\u003ehis masterpiece, has enthralled and terrified millions of readers, and retains its urgent relevance to this day as both a warning to be heeded as we head into tomorrow and as thought-provoking, satisfying work of literature. Written in the shadow of the rise of fascism during the 1930s, \u003cem\u003eBrave New World\u003c\/em\u003e likewise speaks to a 21st-century world dominated by mass-entertainment, technology, medicine and pharmaceuticals, the arts of persuasion, and the hidden influence of elites. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Aldous Huxley is the greatest 20th century writer in English.\" —C\u003cem\u003ehicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book also includes the full text of \u003cem\u003eBrave New World Revisited\u003c\/em\u003e, Huxley's 1958 nonfiction followup to \u003cem\u003eBrave New World\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eThe astonishing novel \u003cem\u003eBrave New World\u003c\/em\u003e, originally published in 1932, presents Aldous Huxley's vision of the future -- of a world utterly transformed. Through the most efficient scientific and psychological engineering, people are genetically designed to be passive and therefore consistently useful to the ruling class. This powerful work of speculative fiction sheds a blazing critical light on the present and is considered to be Aldous Huxley's most enduring masterpiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe nonfiction work \u003cem\u003eBrave New World Revisited\u003c\/em\u003e, first published in 1958, is a fascinating work in which Huxley uses his tremendous knowledge of human relations to compare the modern-day world with his prophetic fantasy envisioned in \u003cem\u003eBrave New World\u003c\/em\u003e, including the threats to humanity, such as overpopulation, propaganda, and chemical persuasion.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Aldous Huxley is the greatest 20th century writer in English.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“One of the 20th century’s greatest writers.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A genius . . . a writer who spent his life decrying the onward march of the Machine.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Huxley uses his erudite knowledge of human relations to compare our actual world with his prophetic fantasy of 1931. It is a frightening experience, indeed, to discover how much of his satirical prediction of a distant future became reality in so short a time.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Chilling. . . . That he gave us the dark side of genetic engineering in 1932 is amazing.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eProvidence Journal-Bulletin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A sometimes appallingly accurate view of today’s world.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSt. Louis Post-Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“It’s time for everyone to read or reread Brave New World.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRaleigh News \u0026amp; Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[A] masterpiece. ... One of the most prophetic dystopian works of the 20th century.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888565645541,"sku":"NP9780060535261","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780060535261.jpg?v=1730229352","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/brave-new-world-and-brave-new-world-revisited-isbn-9780060535261","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}