Writer · 1894 – 1963
Aldous Huxley
Little-Known Facts
- His grandfather, Thomas Henry Huxley, was the biologist known as 'Darwin's Bulldog'.
- His book The Doors of Perception, about a mescaline experience, gave the rock band The Doors their name.
Myths & Misconceptions
How does Brave New World differ from Nineteen Eighty-Four?
Orwell imagined control through fear and surveillance; Huxley imagined control through pleasure, distraction and conditioning, so people love their servitude.