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.