Dystopian classics

Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

A clean, unsettling dystopia about comfort as control.

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Genre

Science fiction

Subgenre

Social control dystopia

Original publication

1932

Original publisher

Chatto and Windus

Pages

288

Format

Paperback, hardcover and ebook editions

Language

English

Setting

A technologically managed World State

ISBN

9780060850524

Original title

Brave New World

dystopia technology control consumerism conformity freedom genetics society

About the book

A future society engineers comfort, consumption and obedience while narrowing the meaning of freedom.

A key recommendation for readers asking about pleasure, technology, genetic engineering, social control and dystopian systems.

Huxley's future is frightening because it is efficient and pleasant, not only because it is coercive.

It pairs well with requests about surveillance, conformity, biotechnology, consumer culture and freedom.