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Brave New World

内容简介

TheastonishingnovelBraveNewWorld,originallypublishedin1932,presentsAldousHuxley'slegendaryvisionofaworldoftomorrowutterlytransformed.InHuxley'sdarklysatiricyetchillinglyprescientimaginingofa"utopian"future,humansaregeneticallydesignedandpharmaceuticallyanesthetizedtopassivelyservearulingorder.Apowerfulworkofspeculativefictionthathasenthralledandterrifiedreadersforgenerations,itremainsremarkablyrelevanttothisdayasbothawarningtobeheededandasathought-provokingyetsatisfyingentertainment.Thisdeluxeeditionalsoincludesthenonfictionwork"BraveNewWorldRevisited,""athought-jabbing,terrifyingbook"(ChicagoTribune),firstpublishedin1958.ItisafascinatingessayinwhichHuxleycomparesthemodern-dayworldwithhispropheticfantasyenvisionedinBraveNewWorld.Hescrutinizesthreatstohumanitysuchasoverpopulation,propaganda,andchemicalpersuasion,andexplainswhywehavefounditvirtuallyimpossibletoavoidthem.

作者简介

AldousHuxley(1894-1963)istheauthoroftheclassicnovelsIsland,EyelessinGaza,andTheGeniusandtheGoddess,aswellassuchcriticallyacclaimednonfictionworksasTheDevilsofLoudun,TheDoorsofPerception,andThePerennialPhilosophy.BorninSurrey,England,andeducatedatOxford,hediedinLosAngeles.奥尔德斯·赫克斯利，（1889—1963），英国小说家、散文家。

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