Homage to Catalonia

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is a satirical journey into a dystopian future where happiness comes in a pill babies are grown in bottles and the World State's motto is Community Identity Stability. In this world people don't read books; they get feelies sort of like movies that you can touch and smell. The citizens are engineered for their roles from the intellectually superior Alphas to the not-so-bright Epsilons. Enter our hero Bernard Marx who's a bit too short for an Alpha and has a serious case of 'not fitting in.' When he brings back a 'savage' from a reservation things get a bit awkward especially at parties. Huxley's masterpiece is a wry clever poke at the idea of a 'perfect society' where everyone is blissfully ignorant and the biggest dilemma is whether to take your soma before or after dinner. Get ready for a wild ride through a world that's as hilariously absurd as it is frighteningly possible.