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This 1932 dystopian novel — set in a world of government-controlled casual sex and recreational drugs — was banned in some countries and is still challenged in certain places today for its perception as being against religion and family. Which novel is it?
- A “1984,” by George Orwell
- B “A Clockwork Orange,” by Anthony Burgess
- C “Anthem,” by Ayn Rand
- D “Brave New World,” by Aldous Huxley
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From a 2017 essay by Charles McGrath for the Book Review’s Bookends column:
Huxley, on the other hand, writing almost two decades earlier than Orwell (his former Eton pupil, as it happened), foresaw a world that included space travel; private helicopters; genetically engineered test tube babies; enhanced birth control; an immensely popular drug that appears to combine the best features of Valium and Ecstasy; hormone-laced chewing gum that seems to work the way Viagra does; a full sensory entertainment system that outdoes IMAX; and maybe even breast implants. (The book is a little unclear on this point, but in “Brave New World” the highest compliment you can pay a woman is to call her “pneumatic.”)
