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We Live In a Huxleyan World
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Re: We Live In a Huxleyan World
by Tanada » Sat 20 Feb 2010, 09:33:31
That was BRILLIANT! Personally both books left me depressed when I read them many years ago, but this side by side comparison did raise an ironic grin.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Alfred Tennyson', 'W')e are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
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Re: We Live In a Huxleyan World
by TheDude » Sat 20 Feb 2010, 13:06:47
Ha, that was sharp stuff. Published last May. Here's the book it was written for: Amusing Ourselves to Death - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Published 1985.
Huxley vs Orwell? Might make a good poll. Don't forget about E. M. Forster and his vision of room bound internet fixated fatties.
Huxley vs Orwell? Might make a good poll. Don't forget about E. M. Forster and his vision of room bound internet fixated fatties.
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Re: We Live In a Huxleyan World
by mos6507 » Sat 20 Feb 2010, 13:52:16
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', 'C')an't agree more. 1984 was dated the day it was written because it was an anti-communist screed. "Brave New World" had no agenda, just looking at what was going on and still resounds.
How come no movie?
How come no movie?
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Re: We Live In a Huxleyan World
by TheDude » Sat 20 Feb 2010, 14:40:52
Thanks Mos. Didn't know it had made it to the (small) silver screen. Of course in a sense it already is, all those Beta Minus newscasters.
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Re: We Live In a Huxleyan World
by lper100km » Sun 21 Feb 2010, 00:21:46
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', 'C')an't agree more. 1984 was dated the day it was written because it was an anti-communist screed.
It was a book that needed to be written at the time. There was a great deal of intellectual sympathy for the ideals of communism in the 1930s in the UK, France and other European countries, probably fostered by the depression mentality. Orwell was definitely sounding a warning that all was not well with the application of those ideals. As it happened the post-war behaviour of Russia put a fast end to such intellectual dabbling in the UK though France and Italy had a period of political flirtation with the system – not with Russia - that eventually died out.
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Re: We Live In a Huxleyan World
by Bas » Mon 22 Feb 2010, 15:30:19
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TheDude', 'H')a, that was sharp stuff. Published last May. Here's the book it was written for: Amusing Ourselves to Death - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Published 1985.
Huxley vs Orwell? Might make a good poll. Don't forget about E. M. Forster and his vision of room bound internet fixated fatties.
Huxley vs Orwell? Might make a good poll. Don't forget about E. M. Forster and his vision of room bound internet fixated fatties.
I wonder if when we are in permanent economic decline, we might return to a less Huxleyan world with more people getting involved in local politics and other community initiatives (with people having less money to spend on other diversions)
On the other hand, I think countries that aren't that rich right now, might go towards an Orwellian society...
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