Bladerunner, Brave New World
Andrew:
Well, our next guest is a man who needs no introduction. He is a literary genius, scientist, philosopher and the author of his times, ladies and gentlemen, I present to you Mr. Aldous Leonard Huxley.
Huxley:
Good evening Andrew.
Andrew:
Great to have here with us Aldous, sorry we don't have a great deal of time so we'll get strait into it. Your Novel Brave New World, Could you briefly tell us about your book and the role of creation within the text.
Huxley:
The book is about the destruction of life in the pursuit of a new one, hence the title Brave New World. The book describes a world that the characters within believe to be a utopian society. All the substance within in Brave New World begins at the New World States; places where human beings are manufactured like machines. The story takes place in a world state in the 7th century A.F. (after Ford), where social stability is based on a scientific caste system. Human beings are graded from the highest intellectuals to lowest manual workers. They are hatched from incubators and raised in communal nurseries, learning by methodical conditioning to become oblivious and accepting of their captivity.
Andrew:
So Aldus, tell me, where did this fascination for creation begin?
Huxley:
Well my grand father was Thomas Henry Huxley, an outspoken defender and advocate for Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. He was nicknamed "Darwin's bulldog," being the most vocal of his supporters. He quite famously told the pope; "I would rather be the offspring of two apes than be a man and afraid to face the truth."
Hearing my father talk about him sparked my imagination and caused me to research the subject further.
My brother is also a great biologist whom without his help the book would never have been completed.
But I guess the underlining fact is; everything stems from...
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