Aldous Huxley—author of the classic Brave New World, little-known children's book wordsmith, staple of Carl Sagan's reading list—would have been 118 today. To celebrate his mind and his legacy, here ...

"If you want to preserve your power indefinitely, you have to get the consent of the rule. "If you want to preserve your power indefinitely, you have to get the consent of the ruled" - Aldous Huxley ...

Host Scott Simon reads listener's letters about Aldous Huxley's only children's book and an interview last week with cellist Alisa Weilerstein. Time now for your letters. Daniel Pinkwater joined us ...

If Aldous Huxley were alive today, he’d say—or more likely, tweet—“I told you so.” In a 1958 interview with television journalist Mike Wallace, Huxley, who had just finished a book of essays called ...

The visionary novelist discusses the environment. By Mike Sweeney Perhaps in honour of Britain’s first ever Green MP, Caroline Lucas, the above is a 1962 interview with Aldous Huxley in which he ...

Author of Brave New World and The Doors of Perception, Aldous Huxley was born on July 26, 1894 and died on November 22, 1963—exactly 56 years ago today. In his memory, we’re republishing Jay Stevens’ ...

It's extremely important, here and now, to start thinking about these problems—not to let ourselves be taken by surprise by the new advances of technology. We can foresee, and we can do a great deal ...