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Old Models, New Realities

In: Many Possible Worlds

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  • Cameron Gordon

    (Australian National University)

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In October 1949, Aldous Huxley sent a letter to George Orwell, providing a few brief comments on Orwell’s just published novel Nineteen Eighty Four. Huxley had written his own vision of a dystopian future in his 1932 novel, Brave New World, and after complimenting Orwell on his work, made a few brief observations about the differences between the two works. These two works of fiction aimed to give warnings about modern developments and where they might lead in the future if humanity did not wake up to their dark as well as their bright potentialities. As literal predictions, which neither book was meant to be, their visions have fortunately not been fulfilled. But the underlying themes and tends they identified have run much further than one might have hoped.

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  • Cameron Gordon, 2023. "Old Models, New Realities," Springer Books, in: Many Possible Worlds, chapter 0, pages 907-947, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-981-19-9281-0_32
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-9281-0_32
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