tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post4182455153415400777..comments2024-03-29T04:12:48.987+08:00Comments on The Reading Life: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (1933, 97 pages)Mel uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-62326986174361146822017-03-27T18:19:42.136+08:002017-03-27T18:19:42.136+08:00Prashant, I also read Future Shock long ago. It wo...Prashant, I also read Future Shock long ago. It would be interesting to reread now. Thanks as always for your comments Mel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-29412062788140744862017-03-27T18:18:00.299+08:002017-03-27T18:18:00.299+08:00Fred, to bad we don't have blog posts from fif...Fred, to bad we don't have blog posts from fifty years ago. Thanks as always for your comment Mel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-5458416838906064192017-03-27T18:16:55.189+08:002017-03-27T18:16:55.189+08:00Mudpuddle,,my memories are in line with yours. Th...Mudpuddle,,my memories are in line with yours. Thanks as always for your insights Mel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-49837249391441720432017-03-19T00:59:57.377+08:002017-03-19T00:59:57.377+08:00Mel, I read this book many years ago alongside Alv...Mel, I read this book many years ago alongside Alvin Toffler's FUTURE SHOCK, and I need to revisit it sometime.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-10242866856471800682017-03-17T06:13:30.621+08:002017-03-17T06:13:30.621+08:00It's interesting to read _BNW_ and _1984_ in t...<br />It's interesting to read _BNW_ and _1984_ in tandem, and follow them up by reading Huxley's _Brave New World Revisited_. _BNW Revisited_ was published in 1958 and is a book length (140+ pages) analysis of his work, 1984, and other dystopias and the match they made to the situation at that time. <br /><br />I should reread the three to see what kind of match there is to today, some 50 years later. <br />Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-43456175470716286742017-03-17T01:12:04.908+08:002017-03-17T01:12:04.908+08:00BNW and 1984 were, as i recall, read by everyone i...BNW and 1984 were, as i recall, read by everyone i knew in the early sixties; quite influential on the "hippy" movement, i believe...Mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194891656971454279noreply@blogger.com