Aldous Huxley was born on 26th July 1894 near Godalming, Surrey. He began writing poetry and short stories in his early twenties, but it was his first novel, Crome Yellow (1921), which established his literary reputation. This was swiftly followed by Antic Hay (1923), Those Barren Leaves (1925) and Point Counter Point (1928) - bright, brilliant satires in which Huxley wittily but ruthlessly passed judgement on the shortcomings of contemporary society. The great novels of ideas, including his most famous work Brave New World (published in 1932 this warned against the dehumanising aspects of scientific and material 'progress') and the pacifist novel Eyeless in Gaza (1936) were accompanied by a series of wise and brilliant essays, collected in volume form under titles such as Music at Night (1931) and Ends and Means (1937). In 1937, at the height of his fame, Huxley left Europe to live in California, working for a time as a screenwriter in Hollywood. As the West braced itself for war, Huxley came increasingly to believe that the key to solving the world's problems lay in changing the individual through mystical enlightenment. The exploration of the inner life through mysticism and hallucinogenic drugs was to dominate his work for the rest of his life. His beliefs found expression in both fiction (Time Must Have a Stop, 1944 and Island, 1962) and non-fiction (The Perennial Philosophy, 1945, Grey Eminence, 1941 and the famous account of his first mescalin experience, The Doors of Perception, 1954. Huxley died in California on 22nd November 1963.
Far in the future, the World Controllers have created the ideal society. Through the clever mix of genetic engineering, brainwashing and recreational sex and drugs, everyone is a happy consumer. Bernard Marx seems alone in his discontent.</p>
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Chinese government has been trying to build a harmonious socialism society these years. They wish people in that kind of society can live in harmony with each other, making the political, economical and cultural development. The various parts of the society...
評分看到對《1984》的評論,讓我想起另一本書《美麗新世界》。對1984裏描述的令人窒息的獨裁場景我已不擔心,因為從上個世紀末開始,我們這一代人已經開始翻過那沉重的一頁,中國人正頭也不迴地掠過《1984》的陰影。這本書在二十年前對國人會有振聾發聵的作用,但在半個多世紀後的...
評分曾經有幸參加過一次讀書會,主題喬治奧威爾,不外乎是談《動物莊園》與《1984》。當時在場的更多人是更喜歡《動物莊園》,而我對那本書卻沒什麼很深刻的感覺,隻很喜歡《1984》。當然《1984》也是有不少討論的,一片引申,而我卻隻在旁聽與發呆,基本沒有發言。隻是現在迴想起...
評分《美麗新世界》是兒子藉來看的,看完遞給我說:你也看看吧。 他總是在看些我不知道的東西,小時候怕他成為文藝男,拼命把他往體育活動和理科男方嚮拉。看的都是恐龍、十萬個為什麼以及數學經典等等。但是大概從初中起風嚮變瞭,他自己找東西看,從歐美漫畫到偵探小說科...
評分這版讓人特彆抓狂就是為瞭減少人名的諷刺性把很對一看就是有所指的人名變成瞭音譯,以讓人減少聯想。沒看過其他版本的翻譯,藉助百科,還原人名指代和暗含之意。 柏納德·馬剋斯,Bernard Marx,這個名字是George Bernard Shaw(喬治·蕭伯納和Karl Marx(卡爾·馬剋思)。蕭...
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看得毛骨悚然。沒有做不到的底綫,隻有想不到的底綫。
評分看完Ch 1覺得可以給4星. 全看完覺得也就至多4星... "文明與野蠻". 事實上依照功用去設定"機器"的能力和屬性是完全沒有問題的. 關鍵就在於從道德上我們是否可以在人這個軀殼中剝去"意誌"這種東西使"低種姓人"降維成為"機器". 但人和機器的界限到底在哪裏? 最後還有一點, 影響我對這個故事打分的很重要一點, 故事後半程的發展, 尤其體現齣統治者太笨.
評分“Every change is a threat to stability.”
評分太牛瞭,community identity stability。 最後群眾的"we want the whip",令人脊背發涼。
評分人無自我 是為烏托
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