Facts about Brave New World
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A banned book in several countries and school districts, Brave New World explores themes of consumerism, promiscuity, and the suppression of individuality in a technologically advanced society.
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Huxley drew the title Brave New World from a line spoken by Miranda in Shakespeare's play The Tempest.
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In Brave New World, citizens consume soma, a euphoric drug taken in 1-gram doses that produces pleasure without addiction or side effects, serving as the regime's primary tool for maintaining contentment.
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The five World State castes in Huxley's 1932 novel range from Alpha intellectuals down to Epsilon laborers, each genetically and chemically engineered for their predetermined social role.
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Aldous Huxley published the dystopian novel in 1932, set 600 years in the future in a World State that uses psychological conditioning and the drug soma to maintain social stability.