Orwell and Huxley offered contrasting dystopias: oppression versus distraction. Which feels more real today? Explore their ...

Laura Huxley has approved the use of this image of Aldous. As basic features this website includes a searchable catalogue of our library, a regularly updated bibliography of Huxley’s writings and ...

Re “Introducing the Department of Mass Distraction” by Alex Beam (Opinion, Feb. 15): Between George Orwell’s “1984” and Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World,” the debate has raged ...

While this absurdly timely novel has mostly bad things to say about the state of the world, it encourages the reader to push back the despair.