On 21 October 1949, Huxley wrote to George Orwell, author of Nineteen Eighty-Four, congratulating him on "how fine and how profoundly important the book is".
ˌɔn twˈɛnti wˈʌn ɑːktˈoʊbɚ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi nˈaɪn, hˈʌksli ɹˈoʊt tə dʒˈɔːɹdʒ ˈɔːɹwɛl, ˈɔːθɚɹ ʌv nˈaɪntiːn ˈeɪɾifˈoːɹ, kəŋɡɹˈætʃʊlˌeɪɾɪŋ hˌɪm ˈɔn "hˌaʊ fˈaɪn ænd hˌaʊ pɹəfˈaʊndli ɪmpˈoːɹtənt ðə bˈʊk ɪz".