I know no one really reads the posts I write about books, but I spend a good deal of time reading so I figure I might as well put my thoughts down somewhere so that at the very least I can reference them. I have a favor to ask on this one, though.
Read this book.
Aldous Huxley does with Brave New World what 1984 couldn't do. He presents a utopian/dystopian future which is not only somewhat believable, but actually feasible. Not so much the mechanics of the future world in terms of flying cars and things like that, but more the way that he presents a conceivable way that an elite upper class could control lower classes.
I don't necessarily think the things in the book are going to happen, at least I sincerely hope they don't, but it is certainly a good exercise in thinking about the future and your part in shaping that future.
Alright this is getting a little too after-school-special. Go pick up this book (it's a classic so it's cheap, you can probably even download it somewhere) and give it a read. Tell me that you read it, we will talk about it.
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Daniel
May508
I’m planning on reading at least one book this summer. Maybe this one could be it. Check the local library I will.
Joshua Jenkins
May508
It’s probably a 2 or 3 day read, depending on how much time you have. You could actually knock it out in a sitting, pretty small book.
You should read this and others.
Pasquale
May508
Dude I read your book posts. I don’t read many books anymore though. You make it trendy so I might start soon.
Joshua Jenkins
May608
I am the king of trendy things. But seriously, you should read it. I think there’s even a version translated in to Australian, mate.