- Utopias, Brainwashing, Moral and ethical aspects of Science, Fiction
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?
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Contemporary, grave, classical in form and prestige.
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- sparerichly built
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About the book
- Author
- Aldous Huxley
- First published
- April 1, 2004
- Pages
- 240
- Publisher
- Neal-schuman publishing, Perennial Library, Editions Plon
- Editions
- 722
- Language
- French, Spanish, hrv, Polish
- ISBN
- 9798782389123
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“A squat grey building of only thirty-four stories.”
Aldous Leonard Huxley (26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963) was an English writer and philosopher. He wrote nearly 50 books, both novels and non-fiction works, as well as wide-ranging essays, narratives, and poems.
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