This is one of the most famous classic dystopian novels, alongside Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell. In my opinion—it's an even better one. It portrays a world that appears happy on the surface, an apparent triumph of science over human nature—but we should call it rather insanely unnatural. Almost all people there are born through in vitro fertilization, in laboratories. The family as we know it doesn't exist anymore; in that world, even the word “mother” has become extremely obscene. Children are raised by the state, and the cultural norm includes the sterilization of women and polyamory (in other words, seeing the same person for more than three months—perhaps I’ve extended the number a bit—is considered strange). Another sign of this detachment from human nature is that everybody uses a super-drug called soma all the time, putting themselves into ariticially serene mood (and if someone suffers, the dose is simply increased). Even the food in this world consists of strange synthetic substances. Oh, and there is also hypnopaedia—implanting messages into children’s minds during sleep to make them conform to the interess of the world-state.
Sounds scary? Yes, indeed! But the book itself is fascinating to read in the context of works describing the anti-Christian revolution, such as Revolution and Counter-Revolution by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira or History of Anti-Culture by Krzysztof Karoń. The juxtaposition between what we might call the traditional view of the world and this anti-utopia is also very powerful. This book really makes you think—I recommend it as one of my favorite ones.
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