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Everyman's library volume no. 359
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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Towering classic of dystopian satire, BRAVE NEW WORLD is a brilliant and terrifying vision of a soulless society--and of one man who discovers the human costs of mindless conformity. Hundreds of years in the future, the World Controllers have created an ideal civilization. Its members, shaped by genetic engineering and behavioral conditioning, are productive and content in roles they have been assigned at conception. Government-sanctioned drugs and...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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Brave new world: Far in the future, the World Controllers have created the ideal society. Through clever use of genetic engineering, brainwashing and recreational sex and drugs all its members are happy consumers. Bernard Marx seems alone harbouring an ill-defined longing to break free.
Brave new world revisited: The author examines the prophetic fantasy of his novel Brave new world and compares his predictions for the future with our actual world....
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Clásico imponente de la sátira distópica, BRAVE NEW WORLD es una visión brillante y aterradora de una sociedad sin alma y de un hombre que descubre los costos humanos de la conformidad sin sentido. Cientos de años en el futuro, los Controladores del Mundo han creado una civilización ideal. Sus miembros, moldeados por la ingeniería genética y el condicionamiento conductual, son productivos y están contentos con los roles que se les han asignado...
4) Unity
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Tachyon Publications
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"Danae is not only herself. She is concealing a connection to a grieving collective inside of her body. But while she labors as a tech servant in the dangerous underwater enclave of Bloom City, her fractured self cannot mend. In a desperate escape, Danae and her lover Naoto hire the enigmatic ex-mercenary Alexei to guide them out of the imploding city. But for Danae to reunify, the three new fugitives will have to flee across the otherworldly beauty...
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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Originally published in 1932, Brave New World is one of the most revered and profound works of twentieth century literature. Touching on themes of control, humanity, technology, and influence, Aldous Huxley's enduring classic is a reflection and a warning of the age in which it was written, yet remains frighteningly relevant today. With its surreal imagery and otherworldly backdrop, Brave New World adapts beautifully to the graphic novel form. Fred...