Written by Aldous Huxley in 1931, Brave New World is a science fiction novel set in a dystopian London. The year is 2540 and the civilized world has been united into a singular global government. The people of this time are bred in laboratories and separated into castes that will determine their standing in society and career options. Natural births are frowned upon and pregnant mothers are almost non-existent within the confines of the World State. However, recreational sex is a fundamental component of modern living, and the select women that are capable of reproduction are mentally conditioned to use birth control.
Brave New World on In Our Time at the BBC
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