Classic authoritarian dystopia with drugs, behavior modification, and promiscuity. Huxley later argued that the world depicted in this novel was approaching much faster than he had expected.
C2 -Limited Editions Club edition illus. Mara McAfee. 1971 Folio Society illus. Leonard Rosoman
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C6 -The author (1894-1963) was born in England and lived there until 1937, when he moved to the U. S.
C7 - 1932 CY - London DA - 01/1932 LA - eng N1 -U.S. ed. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran, 1932. Rpt. New York: The Modern Library, 1946 With a special Foreword by the author (unpaged); New York: Harper & Brothers, 1950, with an “Introduction” by Charles J. Rolo (vii-xviii); [Avon, CT]: The Limited Editions Club, 1974; illus. Mara McAfee and with an “Introduction” by Ashley Montagu (v-xi); illus. Leonard Rosoman. London: The Folio Society, 1971; in Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited (New York: HarperCollins, 2004), 1-231, with a “Foreword” by Christopher Hitchins (vii-xxi); and Toronto, ON, Canada: Vintage Canada, 2007, with an “Introduction” by Margaret Atwood (v-xiv); and illus. Finn Dean. London: The Folio Society, 2013, with an “Introduction by Ursula K. Le Guin (ix-xiv), which was rpt. as Huxley’s Bad Trip.” In her Words Are My Matter: Writings About Life and Books 2000-2016 (Easthampton, MA: Small Beer, 2016), 127-132; and London: Vintage Classics, 2024; with an Introduction by Yuval Noah Harari (vii-xi). Also, Brave New World. A Graphic Novel. Adapted and illus. by Fred Fordham. New York: HarperCollins, 2022.
N2 -Classic authoritarian dystopia with drugs, behavior modification, and promiscuity. Huxley later argued that the world depicted in this novel was approaching much faster than he had expected.
PB - Chatto & Windus PP - London PY - 1932 RN -See his 1946 “Foreword” (New York: Harper & Row, 1946), vii-xx; U.K. ed. (London: Chatto & Windus, 1950), vii-xv; and Brave New World Revisited. New York: Harper, 1958. U.K. ed. London: Chatto & Windus, 1959; rpt. in Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited (New York: HarperCollins, 2004), 233-340, with a “Foreword” by Christopher Hitchins (vii-xxi), which is rev. from its original publication as essays entitled “Tyranny over the Mind” in a special 24-page supplement to Newsday, a Long Island, NY newspaper, May 31, 1958. See also David Rogers, Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. At head of title a full-length play. Chicago, IL: The Dramatic Publishing Co., 1970. A 1980 film was directed by Burt [Burton Field] Brinkerhoff (b. 1936) and a 1998 TV film was written by Dan Mazur and David Tausig and directed by Leslie Libman and Larry Williams. A 2011 film directed by Ridley Scott has been announced but has not been made. A TV series directed by Owen Harris debuted on Peacock TV July 15, 2020. https://www.peacocktv.com/brave-new-world.
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