The Spoken Word: Aldous Huxley (British Library - British Library Sound Archive)
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| Rating | : | 4.90 (804 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0712351035 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 1 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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"The latest in the excellent series of CDs published by the British Library under the title The Spoken Word”—Times Literary Supplement
Excellent interviews with Huxley and very infromative on dystopia. The CD is very infmative and anst personal as it is Excellent interviews with Huxley and very infromative on dystopia. charles f. slappey The CD is very infmative and anst personal as it is 4 - 5 personal interviews with Alsous Huxley. But, the CD last for almost 70 minutes. He has a really heavy British accent making it havd to sometimes understand him. But tthe 4 -5 are very good.. - 5 personal interviews with Alsous Huxley. But, the CD last for almost 70 minutes. He has a really heavy British accent making it havd to sometimes understand him. But tthe Excellent interviews with Huxley and very infromative on dystopia. charles f. slappey The CD is very infmative and anst personal as it is 4 - 5 personal interviews with Alsous Huxley. But, the CD last for almost 70 minutes. He has a really heavy British accent making it havd to sometimes understand him. But tthe 4 -5 are very good.. -5 are very good.
Best known for his dystopian novel Brave New World, Aldous Huxley was a prolific and respected author of many works of fiction and social satire. This CD presents recordings from the BBC archives spanning nearly thirty years of Huxley’s career. The recordings include: a broadcast on The Causes of War, in which Huxley explains the psychological reasoning used by governments to encourage people to fight; a discussion of Ape and Essence, a fantasy about a future world after biological and atomic war; a look at the effects of drug-taking on the writing process; an excerpt in which Huxley discusses his move from England to California—which was due in part to his fear that many of the prophecies of Brave New World had come true; and a conversation about Island that attempts to show how utopian ideals may be put into effect. Many of the recordings here have not been available since they were first broadcast, and they offer unique insight into one of the most intriguing authors of the twentieth century.