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Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited
Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited | Aldous Huxley
"Aldous Huxley is the greatest 20th century writer in English." Chicago Tribune Aldous Huxley is rightly considered a prophetic genius and one of the most important literary and philosophical voices of the 20th Century, and Brave New World is his masterpiece. From the author of The Doors of Perception, Island, and countless other works of fiction, non-fiction, philosophy, and poetry, comes this powerful work of speculative fiction that has enthralled and terrified readers for generations. Brave New World remains absolutely relevant to this day as both a cautionary dystopian tale in the vein of the George Orwell classic 1984, and as thought-provoking, thoroughly satisfying entertainment. "
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mcctrish
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I finished my typewriter 🎉 and this book 😳 my hat is off to Aldous Huxley for writing this almost 100 years ago!!!

DinoMom I am so envious you have this LEGO build! 2y
mcctrish @DinoMom I saved it for so long, after the book shop I‘m not sure I will love another Lego set as much 🤷🏻‍♀️ 2y
EvieBee It looks fab! 😻😻 2y
mcctrish @EvieBee it is really cool imo 2y
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mcctrish
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I‘ve got one bag of Lego left and I‘m at 86% of this on audio. I think it will all end perfectly ( kind of mind blowing this book was written in 1931/32)

ShelleyBooksie I couldn't tell this was Lego - so cool 2y
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mcctrish
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Started this on audio ( part of my “fixing the gaps in my literary education” quest) narrated by Michael York ❤️❤️

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SharonAlger
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Getting back into Litsy and Bookly again ♥️

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HollyBolly
Mehso-so

Very weird book, but a decent classic dystopian. Not as good as 1984.

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HollyBolly
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Then it gives me stuff like this that I love. 🤷‍♀️

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HollyBolly
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What?! What am I reading? 😳

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LostInSpace
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Mehso-so

Ahead of its time and scarily accurate in a lot of senses.

Was slow going though due to being a bit mixed up and confusing in places.

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Ericalambbrown
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Bailedbailed

Bluuuurrrrrggghhhhh . . . I tried to read it. I tried to listen to it. I just couldn‘t make myself care about any of the characters and I honestly could not care less what happens in the story. It‘s been a bit since I‘ve bailed on book and it‘s a first for me to show up to FOTL book club having not read the book.

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KimberlyJuracich
Mehso-so

Eh so so. Not as good as 1984. Sorry I said it but it‘s true. Read that one instead.

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Zuko1138
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“That is the secret of happiness and virtue - liking what you‘ve got to do. All conditioning aims at that: making people like their unescapable social destiny.”

TheNeverendingTBR Such a mindblowing book! 3y
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H_SQUARED
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Mehso-so

The only thing I knew about this book when I started it, was that it was old and a dystopian novel. I was not prepared. It was good, but I wasn‘t obsessed. Borderline pedophilic which was awkward, but overall I didn‘t hate it (the book, not the pedophilia).

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hes7
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... I‘m not really sure what I think about this book.

Next up for #BookSpinBonanza: Belle Prater‘s Boy

#NutsInMay Book 28 ✔️

Megabooks I thought my 10 books was good. Awesome job!! 4y
hes7 @Megabooks 10 is great! I just happen to have an absurd amount of free time right now. 4y
Megabooks Thanks! 😊 I have quite a bit of free time, too, but I seriously lack concentration for more than one book a day usually. 😂😂 4y
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Andrew65 You‘re a reading machine. 👏👏👏🙌🙌 4y
Andrew65 @Megabooks Somehow got 7 books on the go at the moment! 😳 Trying to finish 4 off today, already finished one. @hes7 (edited) 4y
Megabooks @Andrew65 you can do it!! 👍🏻👍🏻🎉 4y
Andrew65 @Megabooks Thanks, trying my level best. 🥰 4y
TheAromaofBooks Despite its “classic“ status, I've never gotten around to reading Brave New World... 4y
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GHABI4ROSES
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#readathon #potteraday #dailycheckin #24B4MONDAY #27hours7days up to 9 1/2 hours on the 27/7, and continuing to turn the April pages. Way better focus today, trying not to get overwhelmed by house and work Goals.

KristenDuck Love that picture lol!! 4y
Lynnsoprano 🤣 4y
Clwojick 😂😂😂😂 4y
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DieAReader That‘s a super adorable pic!! Yay! Page count is great! I‘m doing horrible for the #27hours7days #readathon🥺😬😥 4y
GHABI4ROSES I much prefer counting pages! 4y
Andrew65 That‘s a great time. 👏👏👏 I also prefer counting pages @GHABI4ROSES @SquidgetsRoom 4y
Andrew65 Cattosaurus Rex! 4y
Linsy 😂 Nice reading time! I'm impressed. Somehow I'm struggling getting much reading time over here, even though we're in the house more. Such a conundrum! 4y
GHABI4ROSES LOL on the Rex, and yes, adopted the page counting from you, @Andrew65 and @Linsy we are all adjusting in different ways; you wondering about not reading, I wonder about not running, but we will get it all back sooner than later🥰 @SquidgetsRoom 4y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I just told my daughter she may have to color my hair 😱😱😱😱😱 4y
GHABI4ROSES 💇🏻‍♀️ 4y
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EmilieGR
Mehso-so

Not as good as 1984

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DavidThePavid
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Excellent, amazing prediction of technology for a book written decades ago.

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deathmetalcardigan
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A physical shortcoming could produce a kind of mental excess. The process, it seemed, was reversible. Mental excess could produce, for its own purposes, the voluntary blindness and deafness of deliberate solitude, the artificial impotence of asceticism.

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LA_Mead
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Getting a little reading done. I find it so relaxing to do an in-depth close reading of a text. #booknerd

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rather_be_reading
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when u decide to rearrange your classics rite before bed time 😂

kamoorephoto 😹😹😹😹😹 6y
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LindseysLibrary
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Probably one of the most poignant scenes in the book for me.

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tracy.anne8
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Here is my other picture from yesterday. #controversial #jubilantjuly

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hes7
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Dystopian novels offer terrifying possibilities and consequences of the different ideologies that could #RuleTheWorld. #JuneTunz

britt_brooke Great stack! 7y
monkeygirlsmama ⬆️What she said!⬆️ 7y
Jess7 The Handmaid's tale is on my #TBR list and I am attempting to re-read 1984 with my book club. 7y
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Patrella
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I enjoyed Brave New World much better than 1984. Though I found frightening similarities in both to the current climate, I was more concerned with Brave New World because I agreed with it more. That is scary and gave me pause!! Brave New World Revisited was interesting as well but was a bit pompous for me in parts. I do recommend reading both Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited (Listen to 1984).

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AllenTStClair
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Sometimes you gotta break out the classics.

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seatea
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Revisiting an old favorite because reading Huxley, Wells and Orwell has never been so important

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SpecsyBeast
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#Riotgrams Day 2: #WhereIRead I make sure my couch is well stocked with plenty of pillows and blankets. But I have to fight the #beagle for the comfiest spot. #booksanddogs

Pagesflutter This looks so comfy!! 7y
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BookishClaire
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File this under "unhelpful for my crush".

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Chrys
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"You can't consume much if you sit still and read books" ?? Clearly this person has no idea lol

readinginthedark Obviously not a reader. 7y
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readordierachel
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These are some pretty cool #headlesscovers. #photoadaynov16
@RealLifeReading

(Side note: Out of curiosity, I googled "book covers with torsos only," and that is apparently the current contemporary romance book cover strategy. So many oiled six packs with no heads!)

Hobbinol Great choice! I'll take Huxley over an oiled six pack any day!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 7y
readordierachel @Hobbinol You and me both! 7y
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Eugeniavb
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One week vacation visiting my sister-in-law. Yeaaah! 📚💕✈️🏠

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booksandbaubles
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"Words can be like X-rays, if you use them properly-they'll go through anything. You read and you're pierced."

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GoneFishing

One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them.

Mamashep Seeing that all too clearly these days! 7y
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Eugeniavb
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MrBook 😎👌🏻 7y
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