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Island (Flamingo Modern Classics) (Paperback)

by Aldous Huxley (Author)
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  • Paperback: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Flamingo; New Ed edition (7 Feb 1994)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0006547346
  • ISBN-13: 978-0006547341
  • Product Dimensions: 19 x 13 x 1.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 182,726 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"'One of the truly great philosophical novels' The Times" --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.


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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The ideal society that would never work, 20 Jan 2004
By William Sharkey (Glasgow) - See all my reviews
  
Brave New World is the Book in which Huxley gained a reputable name in the world of literature, Island is often seen as the sequel to Brave New World in the sense that it is Brave New World's exact opposite.
In Island, Huxley portray's his ideal society which is free from weapons, oppression and fear and is replaced by holistic health care, A form of Buddism and a life enhancing drug (which Huxley novel would be complete without it?). Huxley seems to be trying to convince people to get rid of their weapons and hatred and instead rule our lives with logic and caring.
The island is described from an outsiders (the main narrative is given from someone who was shipwrecked on the island) view of the surroundings, this is very usefull as it highlights all of the differences between "our civilised" society and the one Huxley portrays (as better). This book may be seen as an arguement against totalitareanism and even Christianity offering free thinking, expression, anarchy and Buddism in its place.
In my list of top ten books, Island features very highly.
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23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A provocative, optimistic, and beautifully written book, 21 Feb 2000
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I read 1984 and brave new world, and as I am sure was the case for most people, my perspectives on society, science, and progress were altered, irreversably, or so I thought. These great dystopian novels coloured and darkened my perception of our modern landscape of cctv, GM foods and shrink wrapped pre-proccessed art. Then I read Island and had my optimism reaffirmed. Island shows us that a society based on anarchist principles could conceivably be a better one than our own, without reading like psuedo philosophical new age toss. Huxley is beautifully persuesive in his writing, and manages seamlessly, to provide coherrent, intellegent arguments without ever fracturing the dramatic and engrossing narrative. I think everyone will connect with the main character's periodic visions of his fellow men as maggots, and even the seemingly pessimistic ending leaves you hopeful.
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18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, 13 Dec 2004
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This review is from: Island (Paperback)
This book has no match. Reading it I was filled with joy, I wept, I pondered, I laughed, I was made angry. It is a masterpiece of love and pain and full of insight into how the world works, and how it could work. Read it, and you will be left "a sadder and a wiser man", but also perhaps one with more dreams.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Island - Do not hesitate, read it!!
I was assigned this novel to read for University, as part of a module based on 1960s literature.
The book was amazing; although it's not Huxley's most famous novel, it... Read more
Published 26 days ago by Ms. K. Tostevin

1.0 out of 5 stars Not really a novel
ISLAND: A NOVEL.
But it is not a novel: a congestion of often baffling and contradictory views held together by the thinnest of narrative shreds. Read more
Published 1 month ago by R. A. Camp

5.0 out of 5 stars Huxley's Philosophy is Perennial
This is the antithesis to Brave New World and a deeper exploration of the naturalistic vision that Huxley left us with, at the climax of his stunning novel 30 years earlier. Read more
Published 20 months ago by A Kant

1.0 out of 5 stars Potential classic that failed to materialise
I was interested by the sound of this book. Other reviewers were certainly smitten with Island. The overall theme and sub-themes of Island are still so relevant, even in the 21st... Read more
Published on 4 April 2007 by TS

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best books I have read
One of the best books I have read is Aldous Huxley's 'Island'. It is a take-off on the utopia theme and not his first one on it, the earlier one being 'The... Read more
Published on 6 Feb 2006 by Sushil Markandeya

5.0 out of 5 stars Not a novel - but not a criticism
If you came to read a thriller based on the romantic principles of melodrama, walk away now. What you have here is a treatise on a way of living, a progressive book of ideas, a... Read more
Published on 25 April 2005 by Tim Hardwick

5.0 out of 5 stars Wisdom
A beautiful utopian tale, full of wisdom and insight. A minor issue with the book is that some of the dialog is a little dated,and the first few pages can be hard going, but this... Read more
Published on 25 April 2005

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best books I have read!
One of the best books I have read is Aldous Huxley's 'Island'. It is a take-off on the utopia theme and not his first one on it, the earlier one being 'The Brave New World'. Read more
Published on 19 May 2004 by markandeya

5.0 out of 5 stars Unquestionably one of the great utopian novels
ISLAND is, for my money, right up there with More's UTOPIA and Butler's EREWHON in the pantheon of great utopian novels. Read more
Published on 15 May 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars Strangely believable vision of what is possible.
Huxley may have started life as a typically cynical english journalist, but this, his last book, shows how far his journey had taken him. Read more
Published on 28 Jan 2001 by jonathan.rushforth@queens.ox.ac.uk

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