The Evolution of Science Fiction discussion

This is to discuss the first of July's group reads Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Well it's been a long time since I last read this, so i'm looking forward to re-reading it. In fact it convinced me to read some of his other books, Chrome Yellow and Antic Hay so I hope I will enjoy it....

When do we start it? Yesterday? I must admit I never read it. I know it's a classic everyone is supposed to read at some point. I guess this group read is a good occasion to finally do it. I just need to find a way to squeeze one moer book into my summer plan... :)

I'm always behind on my reading mainly due to the fact I get side-tracked :-) I plan to start reading it sometime next week but i'm trying to finish one of my books first otherwise I will end up with too many books part read.

So i'm guessing a lot of people will already have read this one so aren't planning to read it again. For those that have already read it, did you enjoy it or think it was overrated (please hide any spoilers)? If you did read it and have reviewed it, i'd be interested to see the link to your review - for once i've already read the group read before so I can read the review in advance.

Jo wrote: "So i'm guessing a lot of people will already have read this one so aren't planning to read it again. For those that have already read it, did you enjoy it or think it was overrated (please hide any..."

Here's my review from a couple of years ago. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

It is certainly one of the outstanding books of it's time and genre.

It really isn't clear enough in my memory now for a detailed discussion, so I'm hoping somebody will say something that will trigger a thought in my foggy brain.

Having just re-read Brave New World. I think it holds up well and I still really enjoyed it. Considering it is written in 1931 it's a very forward thinking book, extrapolating the science of genetics to create a plausible if somewhat disturbing future. It's also a clever exploration of humanity and what is good or bad depending on what you wish to achieve. From this and some of the other books i've read, it seems Huxley is an astute observer of people.

Buck in your review you mention Ira Levin's book - This Perfect Day and that you think it's better. I've added this to my shelf as i'd like to compare the two.

It took me a week to listen to this since we were on vacation, but it was absolutely fantastic. I think it's even more pertinent today than it was back when it was written since so much of it is coming true. There were a few old, ridiculous bits of SF tech, but it didn't depend on them. I gave it 5 stars here:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...