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Title: Give me Orwell any day.
Review: After checking out this book because I'd heard it compared on the same level as Orwell's 1984, Brave New World was a dreadful disappointment. Why people think it's so great, I'd really like to know. Maybe I missed something. But to me, it seemed like a great premise that never went anywhere. It completely fizzled and died about 2/3 of the way through. Huxley couldn't decide what storyline he wanted to use, and finally picked the silliest, most childish one. He also had trouble figuring out which of his characters was the protagonist. First it was Lenina, then it was her lover (I forget his name), then it was the "savage", and so forth. So, yes, Huxley and Orwell have written books with similar ideas. The only difference between the two is that Orwell carries off his storyline in a mature and captivating manner, like a true writer.
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