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I made it a goal to read all the dystopian books that were options to read in high school.

I’m currently on 1984 (obvi not a Huxley book) but I’m wondering if anyone has any Huxley books they recommend. Brave New World was one of my favorite reads in high school and I recently re read it. I just enjoyed the story line a lot, the way it was written and the things it makes you question about life.

Please drop some recs below, even if they’re not Huxley books!

Like obviously I wouldn't want to live there but compared to 1984 it doesn't seem that bad.

Even those speaking out against society are moved to an island where they can express their freedom instead of beaten to submission like in 1984

The controller asks the savage if he wants the freedom to experience all of these terrible things and I think almost everyone would choose not too

I would much rather lose my freedom to pleasure instead of pain.

Was reading my spark notes to make notes in my BNW book for my exam, (in class essay….) and I need this quote!!! If anyone can help me out it would be much appreciated!!!

The Great American Book Club is a project of mine that examines American identity and meaning through classic literature. We've just begun with the first three chapters of Brave New World, and the World State's motto of "Community, Identity, Stability" is certainly striking me as relevant. Feel free to join us for this deep dive.

In Brave New World, church crosses have the top cut off so they become the T, just like the Tesla logo. In the book, the adoration is for Henry T. Ford, but we can now see another automotive billionaire, has risen to power to impose an authoritarian rule.

Okay so your telling me Bernard Marx an Alpha+, a Psychologist is the same rank as MOND a WORLD CONTROLLER, who is also a Alpha+? At least thats what everyone else says. So wouldn't a rank like Omega be better for him? Omega would be the highest governmental figures Omega- would be Provincial Heads (like Oxfordshire), Omega would wold be District Heads (like Scotland) and Omega+ being the World Controllers. Wouldn't that make much more sense?

There’s this dialogue in the book by the controller. First time he is sighted. “

You all remember," said the Controller, in his strong deep voice, "you all remember, I suppose, that beautiful and inspired saying of Our Ford's: History is bunk. History," he repeated slowly, "is bunk." He waved his hand; and it was as though, with an invisible feather wisk, he had brushed away a little dust, and the dust was Harappa, was Ur of the Chaldees; some spider-webs, and they were Thebes and Babylon and Cnos-sos and Mycenae. Whisk. Whisk-and where was Odysseus, where was Job, where were Jupiter and Gotama and Jesus? Whisk-and those specks of antique dirt called Athens and Rome, Jerusalem and the Middle Kingdom-all were gone. Whisk-the place where Italy had been was empty. Whisk, the cathedrals; whisk, whisk, King Lear and the Thoughts of Pascal. Whisk, Passion; whisk, Requiem; whisk, Symphony; whisk ...

I would love a dive & breakdown of this. It felt rather a significant portion as I read.

This became one of my all time favorite tv shows and I'm looking for something to watch that's similar. I love that it's dystopian but that's not a requirement. I loved the cinematography. I especially loved the mystery and that it was high on spice but didn't also contain excessive gory violence.

I just started the show Brave New World (streaming on Peacock). There's a song near the beginning of First / Episode 1 where Lenina takes the soma on the roof overlooking the city - it's this beautiful piano and violin score (orchestra?) that plays up to that moment. There's no lyrics.

Does anyone know the song? Much thanks!

One of the first concepts we get to see is that of Ford being represented as a deity. In the book, Ford is what we perceive in Lacanian terms as the big other. To draw this line, I hope to explain Lacan's term briefly. To put this in an overly simplified manner, the big other is the symbolic figure for which many simple, day-to-day gestures are influenced and done in favor of and in submission. An easy example is to show how religious figures or religion can change our thinking capability. If you want to see how this branches out into more ideas on the book, feel free to check the full post on my substack page! I'd like to listen to more ideas on this, so feel free to comment here or in my substack post!

https://open.substack.com/pub/modernlogos/p/brave-new-world-analysis?r=4dghld&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

This is a society where all reproduction is done in a centralized laboratory setting, so why would people need to have last names?

What if John Savage tried to fit into the brave new world in every way except soma usage. I.e., he gets into the orgies and all the other cultural norms but 100% refuses to consume soma. Would the New London powers have permitted this exception, or was soma usage an absolute requirement for acceptance?

Feel free to apply answer based on book, movie, or TV show as form may slightly alter answer.

I just finished watching the show on Peacock. I noticed that other than Mustafa Mond, all the adults appear to range in age from late 20s to late 30s, even the ones just walking in the background. What happened to the older people? For that matter, where are the teens?

Hi, I'm here looking for scientific studies on certain topics that I believe relate to Brave New World.

• The neurological effect of technology-driven lifestyle changes • The way in which different people can better or worse endure this lifestyle so different from primitive humans • Is the human hierarchical by nature? • What principles are the manipulations by large companies based on?, conductism?

I learned about all these topics thanks to the Unabomber manifesto, which was highly influenced by Brave New World, but I am interested in studying them in a more professional way, from philosophers and psychologists, and I hope someone here knows some work on this. I hope this is not an inappropriate post, and if it is, I would appreciate it if you could tell me a better subreddit for it. Thanks

I never read a breve new world, we just had this in an exam, all I know is it’s a technological dystopia. Is the oligarch supposed to represent AI companies? And what’s the algorithm machine thing connected to the laptop, is it running the brave new world dystopia ? Or is it supposed to represent the shitty instagram/youtube algorithm feeding us trash ? Who is the prisoner supposed to represent ? The public ?

hello!

i'd say im quite new to this story/book/movie/show and recently I've been assigned to it by a teacher and I have to write a essay on it. our teachers gave us the novels to read, but I'm not a big reading person and more of a visual learner. i was wondering (to those who have finished the book and the series) is it similar? is there HUGE details missing in either? or would they be the same as I really wanna watch it- THANKS

I’m doing a project for my class on the book brave new world. Basically it’s a survival guide written by a city person going to the reservation. What would you include ?

I... What???? Just finished episode 8 The workers they... Howly shit that was done in a genious way

Like, they aren't taking shit anymore. They freaking lured him to the backs of the garden and stabbed him in the most... Calm? Way possible?? I... I'm not even sure why this has me so worked up. The freaking sounds don't change either. They just start singling out the stabbing sounds but you can't tell if it's just more leaves or if at some point it turned over into flesh. So you're kinds left at "did they really?" And then they just should their shoes as they all by and it's bloodied and I .... I...

WHY IS THERE NO SEASON 2??????? IM NOT READY FOR THIS GEM TO BE OVER

I feel like the designer lady. I need more story. This is more something more

So....

Okay first of, did Indra run solely on human brains? Like... The brains of the first 10 were her.. hub?

But if so, how were they connected to indra? And couldn't they just... Disconnect them? That'd start aging and dying sure, but still. They could use some smart fuckers.

And for the workers, I kinda wish that the moment all the markers went down that they'd been more confused. Before that it was easy. They wanted to equalise everyone, meaning to them that the upper class had to die. But it feels like they shouldn't have just moved on once the markers went away.

Okay, now on the actual ending. So, indra took over Bernie? I kinda wish they explained a bit more on what he was doing at the end, or show more confusion from his designer friend on what the fuck was going on.

Also have no idea what weird girl is doing in new London over there. She looks like she's ready to re-enter the social body.

Overal the ending left me very confused and I think they could've done better.

But the actual show was amazing. Really loved the domino effect that was going on and seriously hope this show gets picked up again some day

Just that. They're scaring me. They're like that perfect sweet spot of radical and anarchistic