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Tag Archives: Aldous Huxley
Brave New World
Brave New World, 1945. Adolph Arthur Dehn. Lithograph on wove paper. “Chronic remorse, as all the moralists are agreed, is a most undesirable sentiment. If you have behaved badly, repent, make what amends you can and address yourself to the … Continue reading
Alice, Aldous, and Walt
I recently discovered that Walt Disney commissioned Aldous Huxley of all people to write a script for a Disney film of Alice in Wonderland. Although this may seem surprising, it turns out that Huxley wrote a number of screenplays for Hollywood films … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Europe, Film, movies, USA, Writing
Tagged Aldous Huxley, Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll, Walt Disney
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Where We Are Now
Posted in Art, Books, Film
Tagged Aldous Huxley, Brave New World, George Orwell, Margaret Atwood, Ray Bradbury
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Mondays are still miscellaneous
What a brilliant idea to promote local libraries. This is a tribute that the city of Vigo in Spain wanted to pay Jules Verne (on the occasion of the centenary of his death) for having mentioned this city in his … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Europe, Libraries, Photography, USA
Tagged Aldous Huxley, bookplates, Comics, Jules Verne, San Francisco
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Travel Light
Posted in Public Transport, Tourism, Travel Writing
Tagged Aldous Huxley, James Michener, John Steibeck, Mark Twain, Robert Frost
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The Definitive Guide to Banned Books
Posted in Books, Freedom of Speech, History, Writing
Tagged Aldous Huxley, George Orwell, Joseph Heller, Lewis Carroll
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Never Mind the Hype
“Within the next generation I believe that the world’s rulers will discover that infant conditioning and narco-hypnosis are more efficient, as instruments of government, than clubs and prisons, and that the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied … Continue reading