The BNW society never seemed all that terrible to me really, as far as supposed dystopias go anyway.
__________________ "The difficult task of knowing another soul is not for young gentlemen whose consciousness is chiefly made up of their own wishes."
George Eliot.
Ah, and I thought this was going to be a discussion on what books people preferred .
I'd echo the sentiments of others here - Brave New World had a much more promiscuous society after a fashion.
As for what book I prefer (that's right, I'm abducting the thread) I would go for 1984. Being British, the idea of Big Brother seems to resonate more strongly with the old homeland and for me, and apparently the UK has the most CCTV cameras of any European nation.
People have argued that every decade or so, following economic well being, the society of either 1984 or BNW seems to appear in ours. It was argued that our society now, however, was a mixture of both.
On a sidenote, did people know that Orwell was a student of Huxley's (or a similar relationship) and that Huxley did not like his 'protege's' novel at all?
I didn't read 1984, but I think that the BNW was actually a perfectly functioning society. I couldn't honestly classify it as dystopia. Also, khaki is such an ugly color. I'm glad I'm an Alpha.
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Feb 19th, 2009 06:02 PM
but i do prefer dystopias over utopias.
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