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thenewgreen  ·  4644 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Huxley to Orwell on why Brave New World is more realizable than 1984
    I know the comparison of these two books has been beaten to death over the past half century, but it's interesting to hear it from the author's perspective
. You're right, it's a different thing to hear it from Huxley's own mind. I wonder what Orwell's reaction was? The letter essentially says, great book, well written and deserving of praise. However, mine was the more accurate predictor of the two.

He goes on to suggest that they could perhaps both be wrong,

    Meanwhile, of course, there may be a large scale biological and atomic war — in which case we shall have nightmares of other and scarcely imaginable kinds
. -If this is the alternative, I hope either of them were right.




Saydrah  ·  4644 days ago  ·  link  ·  
If that is the alternative, I think "A Canticle for Leibowitz" joins the contest for "most realizable science fiction portrayal of the future."