1984 was a dystopia that had impact because of eerie parallels with an emerging political reality of totalitarianism in many parts of the world, evident from what happened in and up to ww2 - and then during the cold war with reports of the kind oppression that was going on behind the iron curtain.
Brave new world was looking further into the future, toward our days of happy-pills, ubiquitous pornography, endless distractions, emerging bio technological possibilities. So it was prescient to some degree but also premature and hence it’s not referenced quite as often.
1984 connected with reality from the get go, it hit home with what people were beginning to fear in the 20th century. Brave New World is only now in the 21st century connecting in a similar way with what people are apprehensive about in what the world is like in our days. Though I’d say with the last 5-10 years, especially the path that Russia and China have treaded, the 1984 type dystopia suddenly competes again in relevance with that of Brave New World, trumps it even.
This is all to offer an answer to the question - that with two great books of equal merit, the one published more timelier, more connected and relevant to the state of the world at the time of publication and following few decades, will be the one more known and referenced.
1984 was a dystopia that had impact because of eerie parallels with an emerging political reality of totalitarianism in many parts of the world, evident from what happened in and up to ww2 - and then during the cold war with reports of the kind oppression that was going on behind the iron curtain.
Brave new world was looking further into the future, toward our days of happy-pills, ubiquitous pornography, endless distractions, emerging bio technological possibilities. So it was prescient to some degree but also premature and hence it’s not referenced quite as often.
1984 connected with reality from the get go, it hit home with what people were beginning to fear in the 20th century. Brave New World is only now in the 21st century connecting in a similar way with what people are apprehensive about in what the world is like in our days. Though I’d say with the last 5-10 years, especially the path that Russia and China have treaded, the 1984 type dystopia suddenly competes again in relevance with that of Brave New World, trumps it even.
This is all to offer an answer to the question - that with two great books of equal merit, the one published more timelier, more connected and relevant to the state of the world at the time of publication and following few decades, will be the one more known and referenced.