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What is /lit/’s take on this book?

>> No.21853794

my take on this thread is that OP is a fag

>> No.21853798

Terrible prose, I couldn't believe I'd never seen anyone mention it before when I finally got around to reading it
>indefatigably

>> No.21853806

>>21853780
I think he has been vindicated more than Orwell or anyone else

>> No.21853818

think I'd rather live in that world than this

>> No.21853874

>>21853794
Never change, /lit/.

>> No.21853907

>>21853780
It's the guide to normiedom. This is what the world will be after 50 years. We won't get Soma though, it's just gonna be instagram reels.

>> No.21853910

>>21853818
>>21853907
For example:

>> No.21853947

>>21853780
One thing I don't get is that Lenina is a beta and therefore wears mulberry, but in one chapter is said to be wearing green, the color of the gamma caste. Huxley has said he simply made a mistake and even though the mistake consists of one word in one scene it still persists in modern editions.

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21854132

>>21853780
We is better.

>> No.21854139

>>21853798
this. it read as a young-adult novel. garbage prose. one of the worst books i've read.

>> No.21854232

>fun to read
>makes you think
10/10 it's ok
1984 makes you think but it's very unpleasant

>> No.21854256

>>21853780
There is a scary amount of retards that think huxley thought the book was about an utopia, which is fucking retarded since the books basically makes his take on it obvious.
The prose is absolutely uninteresting and it is hard to read because of that, it's a worse read than 1984. But as far as the message goes, it is superior to any other dystopian novel, so it's a book I'd reccommend if you are willing to accept it's going to bore you at some points.

>> No.21854269

>>21853780
good book, as already mentioned the prose are kind of dry but the plot is relatively captivating and the dystopia posed is rather novel, if you’re not specifically looking for a dystopia I would recommend Huxley’s Island instead.

>> No.21854279

>>21853780
Very good

>> No.21854843

>>21854232
"We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness." - George Orwell

>> No.21855487

>>21853806
>that meme.jpg

>> No.21855492

>>21853806
>dude in the future everyone will be high to endure reality lol
bold prediction from a man living in a time where everyone was already drunk

>> No.21855868

>>21853806
I would rethink that if I were you. 1984 isn't exactly prescient today because of its commentary on totalitarian rule. It's more about the limitation and control of language that makes it timeless. Both books have value, but I agree the writing style is annoying in Brave New World.

>> No.21855901

>>21853806
>>21855868
I think it's a mix of both. The anti sexuality in 1984 was obviously wrong, as we have seen hypersexuality is a much more efficient tool of control, like in BNW. Same goes for drugs, alcohol, and the destruction of the nuclear family, all things BNW was right about. But the way media manipulates was spot on in 1984, probably because George Orwell, being a journalist, knew how things worked in the business.
>>21855492
That's a gross reduction of what actually happens in BNW.
Sure, humans using alcohol to cope is nothing new, but what we see on a societal level in BNW is far beyond anything usual at the time it was written, or hell, even today.

>> No.21857469

>>21855901
Their is anti sexuality today. Just directed at certain people.

>> No.21857495
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>>21853780
I liked it. It's one of the only books that I'd ever consider reading twice

>> No.21857496

>>21853798
>Terrible prose
Pseud.
>>21854139
>garbage prose
Pseud.

>> No.21857522

I think it's a really good book that everyone should read at least once.

>> No.21858279

>>21853780
It's good high school core and worth reading if you never have due to cultural significance.