A Rare Recording of Aldous Huxley

Written by Aldous Huxley

Narrated by Aldous Huxley

Aldous Huxley (1894 - 1963) was an English writer and philosopher. He was best known for his novels Brave New World and The Doors of Perception. 

Earlier in his career Huxley edited the Oxford Poetry magazine wrote travel articles, film stories, and scripts. He later became interested in spiritual subjects such as parapsychology and philosophical mysticism, including universalism. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in seven different years.

This is a recording is part of part of a speech where he describes Brave New World, and George Orwell's Animal Farm.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Listen & Live Audio
• Release date: May 4, 2023
• ISBN: 9781593167486

Aldous Huxley

Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) was a prominent and successful English writer. Throughout his career he wrote over fifty books, and was nominated seven times for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Huxley wrote his first book, Crome Yellow, when he was seventeen years old, which was described by critics as a complex social satire. Huxley was both an avid humanist and pacifist and many of these ideals are reflected in his writing. Often controversial, Huxley’s views were most evident in the best-selling dystopian novel, Brave New World. The publication of Brave New Worldin 1931 rattled many who read it. However, the novel inspired many writers, Kurt Vonnegut in particular, to describe the book’s characters as foundational to the genre of science fiction. With much of his work attempting to bridge the gap between Eastern and Western beliefs, Aldous Huxley has been hailed as a writer ahead of his time.

Reviews for A Rare Recording of Aldous Huxley

[Francie · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Interesting to hear his voice. Investigating the mind of this brilliant man will be the onset of a hero’s journey, of sorts.

[Spero Meliora · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Ok, not bad. I would say old Aldous is wiser than the average man today, by at least 10 times. Sorry folks. Wake up.

[CapitanSgrakkio · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A Prophet, a visionaire, a great man, why must i write all this words?

[Daniel Fabra Isaac · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Foresight. Apropos of his own parable 'Brave new world' and Orwell's '1984', Huxley describes the terms of what he calls 'a scientific dictatorship', never more compelling today in times of Google and Facebook. The oppressed coming to love servitude is his definition of the perfect dictatorship.

[Seval Kirlangic · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Huxley was so right. Just look how people willingly pay to have forms of surveillance systems such as Amazon’s Alexa and other company equivalents. Orwell was right that Big Brother is constantly listening/watching but it’s done in a way Huxley predicted.
Ps. By the way he is comparing the Brave new World to the 1984 not Animal Farm. You may want to correct that admin.

[Slop Sock · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Scary scenario described of a scientific control of the masses as is right now today.

[Kepo Kelpo · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Brilliant comparison but only touching the surface, almost an introduction

[Amber · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Very interesting, and I think he is unfortunately correct. If anything, control will (and is) a mix of the two.