Brave New World

"The masterpiece of a master, Brave New World dares readers to deny how real the "brave new world" contained within feels. Standing shoulder to shoulder with Orwell’s 1984, the prophetic powers of such stories cannot and must not be ignored or written off as merely fiction."

Now more than ever: Aldous Huxley's enduring masterwork must be read and understood by anyone concerned with preserving the human spirit

"A masterpiece. . . . One of the most prophetic dystopian works." —Wall Street Journal 

Aldous Huxley's profoundly important classic of world literature, Brave New World is a searching vision of an unequal, technologically-advanced future built on pervasive social conditioning, 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. "A genius [who] who spent his life decrying the onward march of the Machine" (The New Yorker), 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. 

Brave New World, his masterpiece, has enthralled and terrified millions of readers, and retains its urgent relevance to this day as a landmark of dystopian fiction and as a thought-provoking, satisfying work of literature. Written in the shadow of the rise of fascism during the 1930s, Brave New World 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. 

Huxley uses his erudite knowledge of human relations to compare our actual world with his prophetic fantasy of 1931. It is a frightening experience, indeed, to discover how much of his satirical prediction of a distant future became reality in so short a time.
—New York Times Book Review
A fantastic racy narrative, full of much excellent satire and literary horseplay.
—Staff Forum
Mr. Huxley is eloquent in his declaration of an artist's faith in man, and it is his eloquence, bitter in attack, noble in defense, that, when one has closed the book, one remembers.
—Saturday Review of Literature

"[A] masterpiece. ... One of the most prophetic dystopian works of the 20th century." - Wall Street Journal

"One of the 20th century's greatest writers." - Washington Post

"Chilling. . . . That he gave us the dark side of genetic engineering in 1932 is amazing." - Providence Journal-Bulletin

"A genius . . . a writer who spent his life decrying the onward march of the Machine." - The New Yorker

"Aldous Huxley is the greatest 20th century writer in English." - Chicago Tribune

"Huxley uses his erudite knowledge of human relations to compare our actual world with his prophetic fantasy of 1931. It is a frightening experience, indeed, to discover how much of his satirical prediction of a distant future became reality in so short a time." - New York Times Book Review

"A sometimes appallingly accurate view of today's world." - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"It's time for everyone to read or reread Brave New World." - Raleigh News & Observer

"One of the best American novels of the 20th century and surprisingly apt at predicting future scientific advancements, including reproductive technology and psychological conditioning." - Entertainment Weekly
—From the Publisher

Aldous Huxley (1894–1963) is the author of the classic novels Brave New World, Island, Eyeless in Gaza, and The Genius and the Goddess, as well as such critically acclaimed nonfiction works as The Perennial Philosophy and The Doors of Perception. Born in Surrey, England, and educated at Oxford, he died in Los Angeles, California.