(September 12, 2013 at 6:26 pm)orogenicman Wrote:(September 12, 2013 at 6:05 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: I'm not sure that either of those qualify as science fiction.
Boru
Especially Huxley's, since it was written as social commentary, and is used in sociology classes everywhere.
Yes but it is also set in the year 2500 and features technology wild by 1930 standards.
For those that like these too books I also recommend WE and animal farm.
As for which is more applicable today, I say 1984 but that said we are becoming a trivial culture in many ways. Funny that 1984 made me sadder in the end because the end of brave new world very sad.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
