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Best review of this book in my opinion. I feel you have summed it up exactly; not great literature, but an important, and entertaining, philosophical contribution from an exceptional mind. Essential reading for anyone with an interest in philosophy. I think your reference to Avatar is particularly apt.
I agree with Sassy. This is a great review. I, too, believe in the importance of the questions that Huxley was asking, and trying to answer.
Steve wrote: "I agree with Sassy. This is a great review. I, too, believe in the importance of the questions that Huxley was asking, and trying to answer."
I recently read Homo Deus. It gave me a scare. It says, the answer is not in our hands most likely. It says Data will rule, dictate, and establish the value systems - not the other way round.
The age of sci-fi is here. I am both frightened and excited.
What a great review! Thanls for those words
Thank you for your review, it certainly helped me start reading! I will follow your suggestion and view Mindwalk, thanks
Far more comprehending and helpful than 2-3 star reviews I read where they seem to miss the point in attached intellectualism/literary interest.
J.J. wrote: "Far more comprehending and helpful than 2-3 star reviews I read where they seem to miss the point in attached intellectualism/literary interest."
Thanks J.J. :)
Excellent review. I honestly feel a lot of readers do not give Aldous Huxley the credit he deserves. They judge him as just a sci fi author. He was brilliant in many ways and his books though not action packed, are very thought provoking. He was a genius with amazing visions of the future.
Great review, and even more relevant and important in 2026 than it’s ever been!
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Best review of this book in my opinion. I feel you have summed it up exactly; not great literature, but an important, and entertaining, philosophical contribution from an exceptional mind. Essential reading for anyone with an interest in philosophy. I think your reference to Avatar is particularly apt.
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I agree with Sassy. This is a great review. I, too, believe in the importance of the questions that Huxley was asking, and trying to answer.
Steve wrote: "I agree with Sassy. This is a great review. I, too, believe in the importance of the questions that Huxley was asking, and trying to answer."I recently read Homo Deus. It gave me a scare. It says, the answer is not in our hands most likely. It says Data will rule, dictate, and establish the value systems - not the other way round.
The age of sci-fi is here. I am both frightened and excited.
What a great review! Thanls for those words
Thank you for your review, it certainly helped me start reading! I will follow your suggestion and view Mindwalk, thanks
Far more comprehending and helpful than 2-3 star reviews I read where they seem to miss the point in attached intellectualism/literary interest.
J.J. wrote: "Far more comprehending and helpful than 2-3 star reviews I read where they seem to miss the point in attached intellectualism/literary interest."Thanks J.J. :)
Excellent review. I honestly feel a lot of readers do not give Aldous Huxley the credit he deserves. They judge him as just a sci fi author. He was brilliant in many ways and his books though not action packed, are very thought provoking. He was a genius with amazing visions of the future.
Great review, and even more relevant and important in 2026 than it’s ever been!
