We first met an otherwise “normal” young woman, Lenina, who has no real issue with a bit of monogamy on the side of all the bed-hopping. I found it particularly interesting that Huxley presented several characters that were less than satisfied with the well-ordered status quo, but increased the severity of their discontent with each introduction. ![]() Also the idea of genetically (and physically) modifying embryos to better suit their final caste and occupation as adults.īut enough about Huxley’s quality predictions. Now, Huxley’s babies are grown in an artificial womb and birthed from a bottle. If you count actual humans, it’s more like 50 years. That’s almost 30 years between his (mostly sound) description of creating an embryo outside the womb and one happening. ![]() Well, for a start, IVF (the core concept of the “bottled babies” Huxley uses) was not successfully preformed until 1959. What surprised me the most about it, was how long ago it had actually been published. It is a story about the world society some time in the future. ![]() Like several of our book club’s picks, I was happy for the excuse to read something I’d been meaning to for ages. I’d never read it before, somehow missing it between school and my own thumbings through the classic fiction section of my book store. This edition published August 28, 2007.)īrave New World was selected as my book club’s title for June. ![]() Cover design © Random House of Canada (Published originally in 1932.
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