I still to this day thinks that this novel surpassed The Hunger Games and 1984 in terms of dystopian genre.

The novel itself potrayed a lot of symbolism to our current modern world uniquely and more stronger than the other books.

Why isn’t it being discuss in the same level as hunger games or 1984? I’ve seen countless memes about 1984 than I do for the Brave New World.

  • wjbc@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    It’s pretty well known. BNW, 1984, and Fahrenheit 451 are often cited as the three best classic dystopian novels. 1984 is the most well known of the three, perhaps because it was a not-so-subtle critique of Stalinism, and therefore originally had the most connection to then-current events. However, for that same reason it now seems the most dated, since Stalinism has been thoroughly discredited even in Russia.

    • onceuponalilykiss@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Well, he claimed to be a leftist, yes, but he didn’t just develop dislike in the war - the leftists in Spain basically all hated him lol. Which is probably why he literally had a list of communists ready to turn into the British government later, so he’s hardly a hero of the movement.