Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2022-02-26
Books mentioned on It Could Happen Here Weekly 23
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Mentioned: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, Island by Aldous Huxley, The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and others, and The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Brave New World
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is a classic dystopian science fiction novel that depicts a technologically advanced future society controlled through engineered reproduction, psychological conditioning, and constant superficial pleasure.
Discussed“today hoping to take a look at another book, well two books this time. Uh this time works of fiction and this time by an English unfortunately writer named Alice Huxley. Right, we'll be looking at Island and Brave New World.”
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Island
Island by Aldous Huxley is a utopian novel that presents a small-scale community where humans can flourish without oppression, serving as a companion piece to his earlier dystopian work Brave New World.
Discussed“today hoping to take a look at another book, well two books this time. Uh this time works of fiction and this time by an English unfortunately writer named Alice Huxley. Right, we'll be looking at Island and Brave New World.”
Where to get it
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The Dawn of Everything
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber and David Wengrow is a sweeping archaeological and anthropological study that challenges conventional narratives about social evolution, inequality, and the origins of human civilization.
Discussed“And I don't know um for those who have been reading dawn of everything um recently um in chapter 2 there the the authors David Wenro and David Greyer they sort of outline some of the discussions that were happening”
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The Dispossessed
The Dispossessed by Ursula K.
Discussed“I mean like there was at the cafe by Malestera and there are some like utopian fictions out there but and and like less than utopian but still interesting explorations of anarchist societies like Ursula Kiliguins the dispossessed.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“Um it is like one of the quintessential dystopias. It's set like several hundred years into the future. Like unlike 1984 which you know took place 1984 which is several decades ago. Brave New World was set in 20054 sorry 2540 CE.”
“Last year, I published my first novel, After the Revolution, um, as an ebook and as a podcast series. Well, now it's coming out as a paperback book through AK Press. And if you just Google AK Press After the Revolution, you will be taken to the page where you can pre-order it”