Brave new world

Describes the socialized horrors of a futuristic utopia devoid of individual freedom.

Main Author:	Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963.
Other Authors:	York, Michael, 1942- (Narrator)
Format:	Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language:	English
Published:	North Kingstown, RI : BBC Audiobooks America, [2008], p1998.
Edition:	75th anniversary ed.
Subjects:	Passivity (Psychology) > Young adult fiction. Genetic engineering > Young adult fiction. Totalitarianism > Young adult fiction. Collectivism > Young adult fiction. Audiobooks > Young adult. Psychological fiction > Young adult. Political fiction > Young adult. Science fiction > Young adult. Dystopian fiction > Young adult.
Online Access:	Go to Downloadable Audiobook Here.

Summary:	Describes the socialized horrors of a futuristic utopia devoid of individual freedom.
Item Description:	Unabridged. Originally released in audio format in 1998. Compact discs.
Physical Description:	7 sound discs (8 hr., 20 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:	9781602833364 1602833362
Author Notes:	Aldous Huxley was born on July 26, 1894, in Surrey, England, into a distinguished scientific and literary family; his grandfather was the noted scientist and writer, T.H. Huxley. Following an eye illness at age 16 that resulted in near-blindness, Huxley abandoned hope of a career in medicine and turned instead to literature, attending Oxford University and graduating with honors. While at Oxford, he published two volumes of poetry. Crome Yellow, his first novel, was published in 1927 followed by Antic Hay, Those Barren Leaves, and Point Counter Point. His most famous novel, Brave New World, published in 1932, is a science fiction classic about a futuristic society controlled by technology. In all, Huxley produced 47 works during his long career, In 1947, Huxley moved with his family to southern California. During the 1950s, he experimented with mescaline and LSD. Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell, both works of nonfiction, were based on his experiences while taking mescaline under supervision. In 1959, Aldous Huxley received the Award of Merit for the Novel from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He died on November 22, 1963. (Bowker Author Biography)