ALDOUS HUXLEY, born in 1894, wrote some of the most famous and
enduring books of the twentieth century. His works include the
classic novels Brave New World, Island, Eyeless in Gaza, and The
Genius and the Goddess, as well as the nonfiction volumes The
Devils of Loudun, The Doors of Perception, and The Perennial
Philosophy. He died in Los Angeles in 1963.
About the Introducer: JOHN SUTHERLAND is the author of seventeen
books on literature and language, a regular columnist for The
Guardian, and an emeritus professor at University College, London.
“A brilliant tour de force . . . Full of barbed wit and
malice-spiked frankness . . . Provoking, stimulating, shocking and
dazzling.” —THE OBSERVER
“Ingenious wit, derisive logic and swiftness of expression . . .
Huxley’s resources of sardonic invention have never been more
brilliantly displayed.” —THE TIMES (LONDON)
“The Utopia to end Utopias.” —THE NEW YORK TIMES
“An exuberant playground for ideas . . . Brave New World (like
Nineteen Eighty-Four) is a novel part of whose instinctive horror
is generated by the fact that it foresees a world where novels are
no longer possible . . . Brave New World presents itself as a
measure of what would be lost in the brave new world of AF 632. No
more novels, no more Huxleys. A darker than dark age is coming . .
. In the meanwhile Brave New World remains the most readable of
grumpy dystopias.”
—from the Introduction by John Sutherland
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