{"product_id":"brave-new-world-and-brave-new-world-revisited-1","title":"Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow more than ever: Aldous Huxley's enduring \"masterpiece. . . one of the most prophetic dystopian works of the 20th century\" (\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e) must be read and understood by anyone concerned with preserving the human spirit in the face of our \"brave new world\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAldous Huxley's profoundly important classic of world literature and timeless work of science fiction, \u003ci\u003eBrave New World\u003c\/i\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A genius [who] who spent his life decrying the onward march of the Machine” (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\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. \u003ci\u003eBrave New World, \u003c\/i\u003ehis masterpiece of dystopian fiction, 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 a thought-provoking, satisfying work of philosophical fiction. Written in the shadow of the rise of fascism during the 1930s, \u003ci\u003eBrave New World\u003c\/i\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\u003eThis edition also includes the full text of \u003ci\u003eBrave New World Revisited\u003c\/i\u003e, Huxley's 1958 nonfiction follow-up to \u003ci\u003eBrave New World\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aldous Huxley","offers":[{"title":"Trade Paperback","offer_id":55253077819683,"sku":"9780060776091","price":15.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/2258\/5123\/files\/9780060776091.jpg?v=1781811718","url":"https:\/\/epicreads.com\/products\/brave-new-world-and-brave-new-world-revisited-1","provider":"Epic Reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}