Welcome to Litsy!

Careful, this is not a sequel, nor a prequel, nor a novel. It's non-fiction and despite the age of the book still read-worthy! Huxley compares his novel with the society he lives in about 30 years after BNW was published. And we still deal with all the topics he mentions: overpopulations. surveillance, ressources. While I reading I often had images of recent events in mind and I wondered what Huxley would say to the world at its current stage.

I find stuff like this fascinating. It makes you wonder how these minds might have influenced each other if at all.

I did read that Orwell sent a copy of 1984 to Huxley who said he liked it but felt his (AH) version was more likely to come true...

Amazing book! Read this in practically one sitting (a rarity for me!)

GO READ BRAVE NEW WORLD REVISITED. I can't believe Huxley wrote this so long ago.

Important.

Found this gem at a thrift store. It was written sixty years ago but almost could have been written yesterday. The same fears that Huxley had back in the 1930s, when he wrote Brave New World, and in the 1950s, when he wrote this follow up,are still relevant. #litsyAtoZ #letterH

This started out very interesting and then got a bit boring for me. Still, if you can read it after Brave New World it gives a lot of great insight into how our society is screwing itself up (basically.)

"In 1931, when Brave New World was being written, I was convinced that there was still plenty of time..." #firstlines
(Bless coffee and books. How would we deal with jetlag otherwise??)

My first adult book that I can remember reading. It's always been my favorite. #funfridayphoto #funphotofriday