Aldous Huxley - Brave New World

Pros: A frightening glimpse of the future

Cons: Not many people realize Brave New World is upon us

The Bottom Line: Huxley's Brave New World is written about modern day America in a very indirect, yet correct way.

Review: While Huxley may have been predicting a far more dramatic Brave New World in his book, consider for a moment the aspects of BNW that are upon us now.

In Brave New World, life is not created by sexual reproduction of two loving adults, but...

Pros: Fascinating tour of an all-too plausible future society

Cons: Poorly drawn love story, lots of thin characters.

The Bottom Line: Read this book if you enjoy sardonic tear-downs of consumer society. Read quickly over the Bronte-esque interludes.

Review: This book springs from one problem with large industrialized societies.

There is a need in such a society for a very large number of persons to perform manual, menial or service jobs. There is a need for relatively few persons to perform...

Pros: Very ahead of its time, thought envoking

Cons: Slow, boring, complicated

The Bottom Line: I know it's supposed to be an importatnt book, but that really doesn't mean that is a good one. I found it very hard to follow and fairly boring.

Review: I had to read Brave New World for a literature class this summer. The teacher told us that it was a wideley studied story so I was excited to get to start reading it. From the first page on I hated the book. It doesn't flow through like...

Pros: Good book.

Cons: Big words, hard to understand, and starts slow.

Review: This book by, Aldous Huxley, is very slow starting out, but tends to get better as it goes along. I do not reccommed this book to many people except people who are interested in the future or are use to using big words. This book was very slow...

Pros: Well written and thought provoking

Cons: Underdeveloped characters

Review: In the book Brave New World, the concept of marriage and family no longer exists, in fact the terms are considered to be pornographic. Everyone is genetically cloned and their lifestyle is determined for them before they're even born. No one has any...

Pros: Great imagery, very insightful

Cons: None; I love this book!

Review: With its vivid description of everyday activities such as the "feelie" movies and classification of every human into one of five letter and color groups, Huxley's Brave New World is a fun read for young adults and teens.

The Brave New World...

Pros: Allegedly a classic.

Cons: Disjointed. Chaotic. Random.

The Bottom Line: Only if you really have nothing better to read....

Review: The role of science fiction, for better or for worse, is to get us to imagine the possibilities that lie in store for humanity s future. Indeed, many scientific discoveries and applications have become realities only after being the product of the...

Pros: Surprisingly good characterization. Fantastic world building. Excellent use of the English Language.

Cons: Some of the characters could use a bit more characterization.

The Bottom Line: This is a fun read, and a great book. Science fiction fans and literature fans alike can appreciate it.

Review: Ah, so you are interested in Brave New World? In order to review this book, I have to seperate my review into two parts.

The first part is about this book as a science fiction classic. Huxley shows his skill in world building by creating...

Pros: Great book, scary in its truth

Cons: It is becoming more and more true.

Review: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is one of the most frightening and true novels ever written. It shows a psuedo- futuristic society in which humans are predetirmined, in intelligence, class and station, where the drug Soma rules mens' minds, and...

Pros: Disturbing book

Cons: None

Review: (Before I say anything else, WHY IS THIS IN THE "YOUNG ADULT" CATEGORY?!)

In anti-utopian novels like Orwell's "1984", Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451", Burgess' "A Clockwork Orange", and "Brave New World", we're shown nightmarish, disturbing...