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Brave New World
- Narrated by: Michael York
- Length: 8 hrs
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Summary
Originally published in 1932, this outstanding work of literature is more crucial and relevant today than ever before.
“One of the most prophetic dystopian works of the 20th century”—Wall Street Journal
Cloning, feel-good drugs, antiaging programs, and total social control through politics, programming, and media—has Aldous Huxley accurately predicted our future? With a storyteller’s genius, he weaves these ethical controversies in a compelling narrative that dawns in the year 632 AF (After Ford, the deity). When Lenina and Bernard visit a savage reservation, we experience how Utopia can destroy humanity.
A powerful work of speculative fiction that has enthralled and terrified readers for generations, Brave New World is both a warning to be heeded and thought-provoking yet satisfying entertainment.
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"British actor Michael York's refined and dramatic reading captures both the tone and the spirit of Huxley's masterpiece." (AudioFile)
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- PishPash
- 11-04-14
Hindered by high expectations
Is there anything you would change about this book?
Yes - give it a stronger story.
How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?
More an observation of imagined, alternative reality, and a selection of characters in the midst, rather than a captivating story. The 'story' element was far less interesting than the world in which it occurred, plodding through a series of interesting life circumstances. The world was fantastically well realised, the story itself disappointing. Something bent around an emergent revolution, consequence, and so on, might have appealed more than a series of, albeit amusing, incidents to provoke episodes of bewildered intolerance, and objection from it's diverse set of characters. It had something of a satisfying climax, but was largely repetitive and boring en route to it.
What three words best describe Michael York’s performance?
Dry, monotone, listless
Do you think Brave New World needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?
Yes - same world, better story.
Any additional comments?
1984 is far better in my honest opinion. A very different sort of oppressive utopia, and a much better story.
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- Nick Joelson
- 15-10-20
Terrible voice acting
Great story but narrator over acts using too many thick accents which ruins the experience. All characters have strong and different UK accents which doesn’t fit with the homogenised nature of the world they live in. If everyone is reared in batches and in a sterile environment, then why does each character have such a strong Welsh, Scottish or West Country accent? It ruined the story for me as was too distracting and I felt the reader was just using the platform to show off his accent repertoire!
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- R
- 29-06-20
Brilliant, but a real shame about the jarring credits
Book’s brilliant, well acted and well done.
Right at the end where a moment would be appreciated to absorb and digest a little, a jarring, loud and irritating American voice pipes up at full volume to completely ruin it. My advice would be to stop the book as soon as you hear the final ‘east’.
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- James Coffey
- 25-12-12
A classic as relevant today as 1984
An absolute must read. The only fly in the ointment is the narrator who's style of delivery is only slightly older than the book's publication date.
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- Mr
- 17-05-16
What price would you pay for 'happiness'?
In Brave New World we are introduced to different future for mankind - one in which every aspect is controlled. From your caste to your conditioning to society and all to ensure your happiness.
Aldous Huxley cuts close with some of his predictions of the world we now live in and makes you question the direction we are heading in.
Good performance supports a subversive story.
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- Paul Hamer
- 14-09-15
Excellent characterisation but odd accents.
I found the odd use of accents to differentiate characters a bit off putting but Michael York's delivery is otherwise excellent.
Fascinating to hear the story and relate it to modern life 83 years on.
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- dc
- 27-12-16
Cameron, Trump and Farage I think read this
it has the very essence of Farage's political campaign for controlling the masses and getting the very weak minded conservative pm Cameron to do his bidding....a great book that is of our era....
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- M. Brown
- 24-07-16
I'm getting towards the end of chapter 3 and starting to think I have a defected copy
From what I can gather there are 3 different stories/situations, the numerator is switching between each by reading a sentence of each one, its very off putting and I can't keep up, not sure if anyone else had found this? First two chapters gripped me but don't think I will be able to continue if it carries on like this...
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- Anonymous User
- 23-11-19
Hard
This book craves 100% concentration. Had to listen to it twice to follow what happend in the book due to that it is a made up world with many symbolic features. Im it is good and critical to society, but I wasnt my cup of tea.
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- Anonymous User
- 14-09-21
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I found this book incredibly boring and didn’t understood it, and is a totally fictional story
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