Who has actually read Aldous Huxley: Brave New World?

[BoneSaw]

Originally Posted by Gryphon189

John did spark the interest of many people at the end of the book. I will not explain how because it will spoil the book but what John did could have very well served as the catalyst for social reform. The reform would cripple the World State perfect balance of science, technology, and "God". Now why the moon is destroyed, I have no idea, but a civil war is a great reason as to why there are weapons.

i cannot forsee civil war in BNW after john. soma would've taken care of the rebels. and i think the people would be impervious to mutations, after all they are perfect.

[SpamValiant]

Perhaps not impervious to mutation (if you've got DNA then mutations are gonna happen no matter what), but certainly any mutations will get detected while still in the bottle and that clone destroyed. I think you'd have to look to the savages as the source of any real mutant species....

[BoneSaw]

im sure the world controllers keep afew gas bombs on hand incase the refugees rebel anyways.

[LimpJedi]

THe mod that edited my post is a fag

[Comrade_Boris]

The game is likely set a fair bit before Brave New World and the formation of the world state. The book hints at some kind of a massive, highly destructive war before the world state was formed.

[Felix12g]

Originally Posted by SpamValiant

Perhaps not impervious to mutation (if you've got DNA then mutations are gonna happen no matter what), but certainly any mutations will get detected while still in the bottle and that clone destroyed. I think you'd have to look to the savages as the source of any real mutant species....

Not quite sure on that point. I never got the impression they dested the genes of the clones as they budded them, just submitted them to conditioning and said oh well when they died. I imagine if they got a couple bad batches from the same uterus they'd toss it, and I remember them tossing out very high numbers for the different locations as the best out of one organ.

With the harsh conditions on the cells I'd imagine there were flaws and deficiencies, especially when we see what alcohol does to a fetus these days, but that's alot of genetics that weren't around when he wrote the book. Anyways, just speculation there, but my $.02 on their process.

[Exilimus]

...I've HEARD of it, I want to read it just to see how to compare the book to the game...never really thought about it until now though...THANKS FOR REMINDING ME OF THIS BOOK!!!

[Kitsune]

Originally Posted by Murvel

I got curious to how it all began, how the odd name Huxley got to be the new name of this breathtaking MMOFPS. And which things from his book that actually inspired Webzen in the making of this game.

So I ordered the book online a few days ago and I'm expecting delivery any time now. Basicly my question to you guys is, how many has read it and how many are planning to do it?

*** Please note that I don't want to see any spoilers in this thread! ***

half the people who said yes lied and half the people who plan to wont.. when your done tell me what its about I would like to know.

[Felix12g]

It's based on the premice that complete happiness means you're a slave to a certain fate. These fates alternate between people, but they fit their niche. This book is similar in respects to The Giver and Fahrenheit 451 and their views on utopias.

One thing I loved the most was a line from Huxley when he wrote that his savage had a choice between madness and lunacy. Precious few are sane.

[Nex]

Are you all sure its just based on " Brave New World". Cos doing a little search I found another book that huxley wrote called "Ape and Essence" and from just reading the blurb it really sounds the game.

Heres a link to the play.com so you can see what i mean

http://play.com/Books/Books/4-/938878/Ape_and_Essence/Product.html

[Felix12g]

Yeah, they said it was based off a brave new world.