And no signs of it getting any less prescient. One thought is that Huxley's sense of humour doesn't quite get the notice it deserves, I think. One thing that especially sticks out for me from BNW is the Epsilon Semi-Moron class and their newspapers of no more than one syllable. This book's younger brother, Brave New World Revisited, should be just as widely read also. If any man was a kind of prophet of the age, twas Huxley.
The few I've looked at seem to read well. My own variation on the theme of writing discipline that came to me only yesterday was to include the word "proclivity" in every paragraph, or at least every post. I notice I've failed miserably to stick to single syllables but at least I've managed to include proclivity. Twice.
And no signs of it getting any less prescient. One thought is that Huxley's sense of humour doesn't quite get the notice it deserves, I think. One thing that especially sticks out for me from BNW is the Epsilon Semi-Moron class and their newspapers of no more than one syllable. This book's younger brother, Brave New World Revisited, should be just as widely read also. If any man was a kind of prophet of the age, twas Huxley.
ReplyDeleteThe few I've looked at seem to read well. My own variation on the theme of writing discipline that came to me only yesterday was to include the word "proclivity" in every paragraph, or at least every post. I notice I've failed miserably to stick to single syllables but at least I've managed to include proclivity. Twice.
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