I get it, we're the epsilons, and bean's the alpha
Posted by Danzig (Member # 4704) on :
I could go for some soma right about now. Or even some Soma.
Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
man i so need to buy another copy of that book... I've worn out three so far. Guess I could settle for Peter Gallagher in a pinch... although those eyebrows are SO distracting.
Ande I dunno 'bout you, but I'm certainly ranked higher than an epsilon. I'd like to think I'm a low to middle beta.
edit: make that a mid to high level beta LOL
[ June 10, 2005, 01:08 AM: Message edited by: Goody Scrivener ]
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
quote: man i so need to buy another copy of that book.
you liked it?
I mean, I read it because I had to for college. And I realize it's a classic. But I certainly wouldn't buy it just to read. And I haven't read it again since.
FG
Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
Yep, I liked it... and then some LOL
We read it senior year of high school for a class assignment. I devoured the book in the span of about three hours and over the duration of the assignment probably read it a dozen times or more. That was the first copy I wore out.
I bought another copy a few years later, just after Heather was born, I think. I tripped over it at the used bookstore and realized that it was no longer on my shelf, so I snapped it up. For a while I was re-reading it a couple times a year. I think either Heather or the dog contributed to the destruction of that copy, though.
Third copy was obtained four years ago, I don't have a clue what happened to that one.
And then when it was a TV movie a few years back with Peter Gallagher and Leonard Nimoy, I set the VCR on timer and made sure I recorded it. And of course I had to watch it last night...
There were quite a few school-required readings that I ended up liking enough to keep in the permanent collection, and a couple that we read from sschool-owned compilations that are on my list of "someday" acquisitions. BNW is one of the few that I reread with any real frequency, though.
Posted by UofUlawguy (Member # 5492) on :
Brave New World was one of the books we read in a Utopias (and some Dystopias) class I took in college. I don't know, it just seemed like that class had more really great reads than almost any other class I took. We also read 1984, More's Utopia, Skinner's Walden Two, Piercy's Woman on the Edge of Time, Gilman's Herland, Huxley's Island, and a bunch of others I can't even remember.
By the way, Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy is a book I don't think I've ever recommended here. It's a great one. Read it.
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
I read it a few years ago. I was kinda disappointed. Probably because my hopes were too high. I'd heard so much about it...
I guess I just prefer Orwellian dystopias...
("dystopia" is a fun word to say)
Pix
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
I absolutely loved Brave New World. It's a marvelous novel.
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
>>I guess I just prefer Orwellian dystopias...
Brave New World's dystopia scared me more. In 1984's society, someone raised within the system still has a chance to rebel.
In BNW, it takes an outsider. The conditioning process makes it impossible for anyone else to do the job.
Posted by UofUlawguy (Member # 5492) on :
About Brave New World -- I really like the first half or so, and especially the first chapter. But toward the end I start to lose interest. I think I enjoy the descriptions of the dystopic society more than I enjoy the actual plot involving the Savage.
Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :
I liked BNW. I'd heard about it when my brother was in HS, so when I was a sophomore I borrowed it from the senior english teacher who was also my journalism teacher.
Posted by Bokonon (Member # 480) on :
I think 1984 was better literature, but Brave New World's society scared me for being more ambiguous.
**** 1984 Spoiler ****
Scott, people may rebel, but no one successfully rebels in 1984.
-Bok
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Has anyone read Huxley's non-fiction follow-up, something like "Brave New World Revisited." In it he looks at each of the major predictions he makes - Soma, psychological conditioning, etc. - and analyzes the likelihood of each in various countries.
It's a good read, especially if you liked the novel.
Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
<whew> I'm glad I'm not the only one that liked BNW =) And Dags, I'm now off to the library's website to see if I can track down a copy of BNWR
Posted by Soara (Member # 6729) on :
I didn't like BNW much. i was disapointed too. it was interesting for awhile, but then it trailed off and nothing happened. like spanish movies. but they're usually really good anyway.
Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :
I loved Brave New World. I had to read it in 10th grade english class, which was my favorite year of high school english. We read Brave New World, 1984, Farehnheit 451, Lord of the Flies, and some of other books that escape my memory, possibly Anthem. Anyway, it was by far the coolest collection of books I had to read in highschool besides a Science Fiction short story class that I took senior year.
Dagonee, I have a kind of silly confession to make. That year when we read those books, my english teacher recommended Brave New World Revisited to me as a follow up, cause she thought I might enjoy it. I forgot about it and years later picked it up at a used book store, mistakenly thinking it was a sequel to the original. I didn't own a copy of the original book, and since I wanted to refresh myself on the original before I read the sequel I never read it. And still haven't. And up until 5 minutes ago was still under the mistaken assumption that it was a direct fiction sequel to Brave New World....Whoops!
Posted by Fishtail (Member # 3900) on :
I read Brave New World and Heart of Darkness for the same college lit class. Can't for the life of me remember why, now.