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The author discusses some of the concerns addressed in his novel "Brave New World," covering such issues as brainwashing, overpopulation, and the use of propaganda in democratic societies. Written thirty years after his epic novel "Brave New World," a thoughtprovoking sequel describes the shocking scientific devices and techniques available to any group in a position to manipulate society "Now more than ever: Aldous Huxley's enduring "masterpiece...

Huxley's vision of the future comes to life in his astonishing 1931 novel Brave New World--a world of tomorrow in which capitalist civilization has been reconstituted through the most efficient scientific and psychological engineering--and its sequel, written thirty years after his classic novel of the future, in which Huxley describes the shocking scientific devices and techniques available to any group in a position to manipulate society.