
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley · 1932
Huxley's 1932 nightmare looks more like our present than Orwell's does. His dystopia runs not on surveillance but on comfort, pleasure, distraction, and the elimination of meaningful suffering. The people in Brave New World are happy. That is the horror.
Literary Fiction · the Pro canon
The case for it, the case against, and the rest of the canon open with Pro.