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unknown1123
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Starting Aldous Huxley's "A Brave New World" today

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#18193265 - 04/30/13 07:54 PM (13 years, 6 months ago)

What do you people think of the book? A good read? Shit should be burned?

Comment, discuss, rant

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Re: Starting Aldous Huxley's "A Brave New World" today

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#18193275 - 04/30/13 07:56 PM (13 years, 6 months ago)

Did you not go to high school?

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Re: Starting Aldous Huxley's "A Brave New World" today

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#18193288 - 04/30/13 08:00 PM (13 years, 6 months ago)

It's definitely a good read. My AP English class covered it and we had to write an essay on the central question of the book - is ignorance bliss?

I'd like to hear other Shroomerite's ideas on the question, especially in the context of the text but in a real world context too.

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Re: Starting Aldous Huxley's "A Brave New World" today

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#18193318 - 04/30/13 08:06 PM (13 years, 6 months ago)

Sundrop said:

Did you not go to high school?

Hahaha.

:laugh:

maybe he's still in highschool
I love the book and all of huxley's works after your done give island a read if you enjoyed BNW. Doors of perception is a must aswell. I don't believe ignorance is bliss I think the savage just couldn't handle such a different culture. I don't know though mYbe I'm not answering correctly whats your say on it Joie?

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#18193336 - 04/30/13 08:11 PM (13 years, 6 months ago)

I read it and couldn't get into it. It's kinda boring and takes awhile to get into it. I'm pretty bad at giving opinions but I didn't like it. Moral if the story.

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#18193391 - 04/30/13 08:25 PM (13 years, 6 months ago)

I never read it in high school or at all. I did listen to the audio tape of it years ago. It's considered a classic and it's the best known work of one of psychedelia's greatest advocates. So I say read it.

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#18193396 - 04/30/13 08:26 PM (13 years, 6 months ago)

yeah its okay. Its more like, good sci-fi than good writing i feel like, and the ideas in it are pretty boring now adays when we're dealing with the actual, practical questions.

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#18193407 - 04/30/13 08:29 PM (13 years, 6 months ago)

I tried reading it in the 8th grade and failed horribly because of all the big words and abstract ideas.

Maybe I'll give it another chance sometime in the future now that I'll be able to understand more of the book's themes.

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unknown1123
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Re: Starting Aldous Huxley's "A Brave New World" today

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#18193435 - 04/30/13 08:35 PM (13 years, 6 months ago)

Sundrop said:

Did you not go to high school?

Haha I did, a pretty prestigious private school actually. Maybe its more of a public school type of literature.

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#18193455 - 04/30/13 08:38 PM (13 years, 6 months ago)

unknown1123 said:

Sundrop said:

Did you not go to high school?

Haha I did, a pretty prestigious private school actually. Maybe its more of a public school type of literature.

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#18193462 - 04/30/13 08:40 PM (13 years, 6 months ago)

unknown1123 said:

Sundrop said:

Did you not go to high school?

Haha I did, a pretty prestigious private school actually. Maybe its more of a public school type of literature.

I went to a public school and never had to read it. I did have to read 1984. Also, I remember The Giver being a fantastic book. Although I read that in middle school.

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#18193484 - 04/30/13 08:44 PM (13 years, 6 months ago)

I thought Brave New World: Revisited was a much better read. :yesnod:

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#18193578 - 04/30/13 09:02 PM (13 years, 6 months ago)

It was one of my favourite books of all time.

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#18193586 - 04/30/13 09:04 PM (13 years, 6 months ago)

funny, ifound this book today as I cleaned my shit,

and i also found "IT"

i read it in like 6th grade, while listening to manson,

weird times in my life.

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Re: Starting Aldous Huxley's "A Brave New World" today

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#18193865 - 04/30/13 09:52 PM (13 years, 6 months ago)

unknown1123 said:

What do you people think of the book? A good read? Shit should be burned?

Comment, discuss, rant

:noargument:

Just sent it to my boyfriend, I read it a few years back and thought it was beyond amazing. Definitely one of my top favorites.
Enjoy! :offthehook:

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#18193888 - 04/30/13 09:56 PM (13 years, 6 months ago)

Abre Su Ohos said:

unknown1123 said:

What do you people think of the book? A good read? Shit should be burned?

Comment, discuss, rant

Just sent it to my boyfriend, I read it a few years back and thought it was beyond amazing. Definitely one of my top favorites.
Enjoy!

Just read that in Stanley's voice. Works perfectly.

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#18193890 - 04/30/13 09:57 PM (13 years, 6 months ago)

anyone one here own the catcher in the rye

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#18193925 - 04/30/13 10:02 PM (13 years, 6 months ago)

Thanks for the input :cheers:

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#18193963 - 04/30/13 10:13 PM (13 years, 6 months ago)

I enjoyed reading it. It wasn't as immersive for me as 1984 was. 1984 was much more jarringly brutal and darkly oppressive. I thought Fahrenheit 451 had kind of the same dark atmosphere as 1984. I guess I'm affected more by ambiance in novels than by any specific themes. Lovecraft and Poe are orgasmic.

I went slightly off topic.

In conclusion: orgy porgy

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#18194774 - 05/01/13 12:59 AM (13 years, 6 months ago)

hidenseek1 said:

anyone one here own the catcher in the rye

Yesssss! Another amazingggg. God I'm sucha book nerd its so not even funny.
(But book readers are the sexiest, so I won't hate on my nerdiness tooo much) :wink:

:wink:

unknown1123 said:

Thanks for the input

You're quite welcome! :goodluck:

:goodluck:

Keep us updated on how you like it! There's a couple Huxley books that are just beyonddd words.

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