Brave New World
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From the back cover:
Far in the future, the World Controllers have finally created the ideal society. In laboratories worldwide, genetic science has brought the human race to perfection. From the Alpha-Plus mandarin class to the Epsilon-Minus Semi-Morons, designed to perform menial tasks, man is bred and educated to be blissfully content with his pre-destined role.This is one of the classic dystopia stories, but I didn't really get much out of it. Perhaps precisely because it is a classic and created tropes that have later been imitated endlessly? Anyway, it was good reading even if I didn't experience any world-changing revelations.
But, in the Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre, Bernard Marx is unhappy. Harbouring an unnatural desire for solitude, feeling only distaste for the endless pleasures of compulsory promiscuity, Bernard has an ill-defined longing to break free. A visit to one of the few remaining Savage Reservations where the old, imperfect life still continues, may be the cure for his distress…
Small pocket book came with me from the meeting tonight.
Thanks VariC ;-)
Thanks VariC ;-)