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>
英剧《黑镜》中就刻画的是这个美妙的新世界。人们穿着相同的衣服,生活在高科技的虚拟房间里,每天通过踩单车换取点数,除了踩单车外,人们就只呆在房间里,用虚拟货币收看电视,更换自己的虚拟形象,这简直就是《娱乐至死》和《美妙新世界》的结合体。 回到《美妙新世...
评分看到对《1984》的评论,让我想起另一本书《美丽新世界》。对1984里描述的令人窒息的独裁场景我已不担心,因为从上个世纪末开始,我们这一代人已经开始翻过那沉重的一页,中国人正头也不回地掠过《1984》的阴影。这本书在二十年前对国人会有振聋发聩的作用,但在半个多世纪后的...
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评分一直没有看到过这本书的中文版,也许是托了去年那本《娱乐至死》的福,重庆出版社在新近推出的一套名为经典重现的丛书中,收录了这本书的中译本。这套丛书还收录了一些在西方读者心目中地位甚高,但编者认为被中国读者忽略的文学作品,比如已出的《秘密花园》和《华氏451》,...
评分“你想要的我都给你,得不到的你永远都不想要。” 在未来的完美世界里,这就是最终的生存哲学。理想与现实的差距被缩短为零:要么实现理想,要么从根本上扼杀欲望。如果这一切都是可行的,终极幸福炙手可得。没有失望,没有妄想,人成为社会机器中能可靠预测的元素,祥和、完...
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评分通宵看完!为什么标签里有高中!!!!!!!!
评分看完Ch 1觉得可以给4星. 全看完觉得也就至多4星... "文明与野蛮". 事实上依照功用去设定"机器"的能力和属性是完全没有问题的. 关键就在于从道德上我们是否可以在人这个躯壳中剥去"意志"这种东西使"低种姓人"降维成为"机器". 但人和机器的界限到底在哪里? 最后还有一点, 影响我对这个故事打分的很重要一点, 故事后半程的发展, 尤其体现出统治者太笨.
评分“Every change is a threat to stability.”
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