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Aldous Huxley's tour de force, "Brave New World" is a darkly satiric vision of a "utopian" future where humans are genetically bred and pharmaceutically anesthetized to passively serve a ruling order. A powerful work of speculative fiction that has enthralled and terrified readers for generations, it remains remarkably relevant to this day as both a warning to be heeded as we head into tomorrow and as thought-provoking, satisfying entertainment.

Originally published in 1932, this outstanding work of literature is more crucial and relevant today than ever before. Cloning, feel-good drugs, antiaging programs, and total social control through politics, programming, and media-has Aldous Huxley accurately predicted our future? With a storyteller's genius, he weaves these ethical controversies in a compelling narrative that dawns in the year 632 AF (After Ford, the deity). When Lenina and Bernard visit a savage reservation, we experience how Utopia can destroy humanity.A powerful work of speculative fiction that has enthralled and terrified readers for generations, Brave New World is both a warning to be heeded and thought-provoking yet satisfying entertainment.

Cloning, feel-good drugs, anti-aging programs, and total social control through politics, programming, and media - the philosophical and ethical controversies brought about by science and technology have never been more urgent. Has Aldous Huxley accurately predicted our future? Listed by The New York Times as one of the 100 best-selling books of the 20th century, Brave New World seems closer than ever to becoming a reality. Michael York's outstanding reading brings the original story to life and highlights the many parallels between our world and Huxley's Utopian world. Publishers Weekly 1998 "Listen Up" Award Winner. 6 cassettes.