Brave New World Aldous Huxley (1894-1963)

fun facts He died the same day as the JFK assassination Grandson of T.H. Huxley: a biologist and Darwinist who coined the term “agnostic(ism)” Grandfather of Matthew Arnold (writer and critic) Nephew of Victorian novelist Mrs. Humphrey Ward Brother of Julian Huxley, a great zoologist, 1st director of UNESCO, and biology chair at Rice University

The Sunday Times Article on my website Huxley taught at Eton College in Berkshire, England A notable student!

flower power Cult figure of the 1960s with his “The Doors of Perception”– escaline Textbook for the flower generation Adulation cause him to back off Wife gave him LSD on his death bed (Laura Archera wrote the Huxley Biography This Timeless Moment) The Doors named their band after his work

more fun facts The Beatles credit him as the influence for their Sgt. Pepper album He met all the famous literary figures of the day: D.H. Lawrence, Sassoon, Yeats, etc. Moved to Cali in 1937—wrote screenplays and became close friends with Charlie Chaplin, Orson Wells, and astronomer Edwin Hubble

“The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”

Discussion What is utopia? Dystopia? The metaphor Who are the citizens? What is the point of the child (literally and figuratively)? Who are the ones who walk away?

inspiration Mike Wallace’s interview with Aldous Huxley