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Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited (Perennial Classics)

内容简介

TheastonishingnovelBraveNewWorld,originallypublishedin1932,presentsAldousHuxley'svisionofthefuture--ofaworldutterlytransformed.Throughthemostefficientscientificandpsychologicalengineering,peoplearegeneticallydesignedtobepassiveandthereforeconsistentlyusefultotherulingclass.ThispowerfulworkofspeculativefictionshedsablazingcriticallightonthepresentandisconsideredtobeHuxley'smostenduringmasterpiece.FollowingBraveNewWorldisthenonfictionworkBraveNewWorldRevisited,firstpublishedin1958.ItisafascinatingworkinwhichHuxleyuseshistremendousknowledgeofhumanrelationstocomparethemodern-dayworldwiththepropheticfantasyenvisionedinBraveNewWorld,includingthreatstohumanity,suchasoverpopulation,propaganda,andchemicalpersuasion.

作者简介

AldousHuxley(1894-1963)istheauthoroftheclassicnovelsIsland,EyelessinGaza,andTheGeniusandtheGoddess,aswellassuchcriticallyacclaimednonfictionworksasTheDevilsofLoudun,TheDoorsofPerception,andThePerennialPhilosophy.BorninSurrey,England,andeducatedatOxford,hediedinLosAngeles.

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