1. Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
( )

2. 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

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

4. 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

5. 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

6. “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”

7. 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?

8. inspiration
Mike Wallace’s interview with Aldous Huxley