1953, in the presence of an investigator, Aldous Huxley took four-tenths of a gramme of mescalin, sat down and waited to see what would happen. When he opened his eyes everything, from...
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Nowy wspaniały świat to jedna z najsłynniejszych antyutopii w literaturze XX wieku. Przedstawiona w powieści Huxleya wizja przyszłego społeczeństwa, które osiągnęło stan całkowitego...
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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...
In his 1932 classic dystopian novel, "Brave New World", Aldous Huxley depicted a future society in thrall to science and regulated by sophisticated methods of social control. Nearly...
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The life of Father Joseph, Cardinal Richelieu's aide, was a shocking paradox. After spending his days directing operations on the battlefield, Father Joseph would pass the night...
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It is Christmas Eve, and John Rivers is thinking about the past; about his sheltered upbringing; about an extraordinary time spent as a lab assistant to the great physicist Henry Maartens;...
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This title comes with introductions by Margaret Atwood and David Bradshaw. Far in the future, the World Controllers have created the ideal society. Through clever use of genetic engineering,...
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY DAVID BRADSHAW For over a hundred years the Pacific island of Pala has been the scene of a unique experiment in civilisation. Its inhabitants live in a society...
Un mundo feliz es un clásico de la literatura de este siglo. Con ironía mordiente, el genial autor inglés plasma una sombría metáfora sobre el futuro, muchas de cuyas previsiones se...
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NUEVO FORMATO. Aldous Huxley, uno de los intelectuales más osados denuestro tiempo, recoge en este libro dos artículos acerca de lasdrogas alucinógenas y su influencia en diversas manifestacionesartísticas,...
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The dilettantes who frequent Lady Tantamount's society parties are determined to push forward the moral frontiers of the age. Marjorie has left her family to live with Walter;...
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WITH A FORWARD BY J. G. BALLARD In 1953, in the presence of an investigator, Aldous Huxley took four-tenths of a gramme of mescalin, sat down and waited to see what would happen. When...
On vacation from school, Denis goes to stay at Crome, an English country house inhabitated by several of Huxley's most outlandish characters--from Mr. Barbecue-Smith, who writes...
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Brueghel, un hombre erudito, comenzó su vida pictorica con trabajos de paisajes, un interés que retuvo durante toda su vida. Demuestra, eneste y en otros cuadros, su habilidad para...
WITH A FOREWORD BY DAVID LODGE When inspiration leads Theodore Gumbril to design a type of pneumatic trouser to ease the discomfort of sedentary life, he decides the time has come to...
With an introduction by David Braadshaw, Anthony Beavis is a man inclined to recoil from life. His past is haunted by the death of his best friend Brian and by his entanglement with...
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WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY MARGARET ATWOOD AND DAVID BRADSHAW Far in the future, the World Controllers have created the ideal society. Through clever use of genetic engineering, brainwashing...
Sebastian Barnack, a handsome English schoolboy, is on bad terms with his socialist father who disapproves of his hedonistic lifestyle. He escapes to Florence in order to learn about...
In diesem Werk zeigt sich der Essayist, Romancier und Philosoph Aldous Huxley von einer ganz pragmatischen Seite: "Die Kunst des Sehens" informiert über den physikalischen Prozeß des...
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As early as 1946 and with uncanny clarity, Aldous Huxley foreshadowed our present moment where technological progress has centralized political power in the hands of the few. In times...
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Mit gespenstischer Klarsicht nahm Aldous Huxley schon 1946 unsere Gegenwart vorweg: Durch technologischen Fortschritt konzentriert sich politische Macht plötzlich in den Händen weniger...
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Eines der Meisterwerke des berühmten europäischen Erzählers und Essayisten. Dreißig Jahre nach seiner Alptraumvision "Schöne neue Welt" zählt "Eiland" ebenfalls zu den großen utopischen...
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When the novel "Brave New World" first appeared in 1932, its shocking analysis of a scientific dictatorship seemed a projection into the remote future. Here, in one of the most important...
Thirty years ago, ecstasy and torment took hold of John Rivers, shocking him out of "half-baked imbecility into something more nearly resembling the human form. " He had an affair with...
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Snad nejznámější kniha anglického autora a filosofa. Jedna z nejpozoruhodnějších knih science fiction tohoto století, jejíž děj se ve větších či menších detailech realizoval. Neveselé...
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