Brave New World or 1984?

1984 is much darker than A Brave New World. I agree with those who pointed out how in a Brave New World humanity prevails...

1984 seems a tad more applicable to society today however brave new world gets my vote!!!

 

Eh... apples and oranges. Both are fantastic pieces of literature. As far as the read goes, I think BNW is a lot more fluid of a story then 1984. However, Orwell packs a lot more detail into his novel (it has more pages).

Tough call, in the end, I'd rather drive my SUV to the nearest Blockbuster and rent an Arnold Swartzanigger film, the whole time talking on my cellphone and letting my GPS guide me to the store.

 

anybody seen the movie for brave new world...pretty good...i dug it

 

I vote for Orwell because now, 2 years after reading both of these books, I still remember 1984 accurately and it scares the hell out of me even now...

BTW, there's a movie BraveNewWorld???

 

1984 is by far a more believable, and offers a less science-fiction perspective.

 

1984 out of those two

but A Wanting Seed by Anthony Burgess overall

 

I'd say 1984. It had the most impact on me. I think Doublespeak even made it into Webster Dictionary. I also love books that have that sort of ending. As someone else pointed out 1984's ending is gut twisting.

 

1984. The ending was great. TrippinBTM described it perfectly.

 

it's cose for me, I love them both. However I prefer 1984 a little more the Brave New World, because it's a better read.

 

Did anyone besides me just think that Brave New World was terribly written?

 

Loved them both so much!
In my copy of 1984 there was a bank recipt from 1984...kind cool.
They are two very diffrent books about the same idea.

 

Brave New World didn't do anything for me.
I could barely even finish the book.
I think it was terribly written.
I think that Huxley wrote far more brilliantly in
Doors of Perception
and had found a much better sense of his writing style
in that particular essay.

But, wow, of course I voted 1984.
1984 was perfect.
Absolutely perfect.
I felt incredibly close to
Winston & Julia and felt
that they reflected myself..
which DEFINITELY makes for a great read.
It was a grim book, but quite plausible as well.
The ending still gives me chills.
I loved that book!!

 

to me the last chapters of brave new world are the best.
The first of the book is very hard to get through, but he says some profound things.
And brave new world revisited is so great.

 

Brave New World is my favorite of the two. Although, 1984 is terrifying in the sense that it shows people trapped in an orderly fashion, Brave New World describes more of its' world. Generally, it's a better read for me.

 

Brave New World though 1984 is really good too.

 

definitely 1984, although BNW probably has more contemporary significance these days, with fears of the implications of cloning and stem cell research etc.

 

1984 because George Orwell was from an affluent family and he knew what was int he works for humanity. What is still in the works for humanity. 1984 depicts a far extreme point of feudal-domination of the masses... and yet the last part of the book hints at how much futher it could go yet, their true goal is absolute power so great... so terrific and almighty... over all men.

 

The sad thing about 1984 is that the current world in which we live is becoming more and more similar to the world in which we currently live, in which the media and government controls exactly what we see.

 

There are two reasons to read these books: 1) for the relevance to the real world, or 2) for the story. And depending which it is, there is a clear winner.

If you're reading it for the relevance to the real world, Brave New World is obviously the winner. It was conceived (with Huxley's considerable knowledge in the area) as a representation of the dictatorship of the future -- a "scientific dictatorship", which we are rapidly approaching.

1984, on the other hand, is a technologically-updated version of older dictatorships which Orwell witnessed during his life. It still has some relevance to the real world, but generally in a more specific sense, where Brave New World is in a general sense much more accurate.

However, the story of 1984 is unquestionably more interesting than that of Brave New World. The characters are presented and developed very well, and the plot draws to a concise and believable conclusion, which Brave new World does not do nearly as well.