Brave New World
Title | Brave New World |
Year for Search | 1932 |
Authors | Huxley, Aldous [Leonard](1894-1963) |
Date Published | 1932 |
Publisher | Chatto & Windus |
Place Published | London |
Keywords | English author, Male author, US author |
Annotation | 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. |
Additional Publishers | 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), 127-32. |
Info Notes | 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. |
Illustration | Limited Editions Club edition illus. Mara McAfee. 1971 Folio Society illus. Leonard Rosoman |
Holding Institutions | DLC, PSt |
Author Note | The author (1894-1963) was born in England and lived there until 1937, when he moved to the U. S. |
Full Text | 1932 Huxley, Aldous [Leonard] (1894-1963). Brave New World. London: Chatto & Windus. 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); 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), 127-32. DLC, NLS, PSt 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. 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. The author was born in England and lived there until 1937, when he moved to the U. S. |