The dystopic novel with the most powerful understanding of authoritarianism is not Orwell's 1984 or Huxley's Brave New World, it's Lois Lowry's: The Giver.
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Id actually argue it is Huxley because his brother was helping to invent it lol
Good book but wouldn’t put it in my top ten. Why are you so bullish?
The Giver features:
- Malthusian fear spells about an uninhabitable earth and the subsequent necessary population controls.
- Daily drugs to suppress the human spirit, keeping communes under control.
- The total centralization of birthing and death.
- The realization of the communist ideal yet still being a hell on earth.
- The absolute suppression of the human spirit to allow for safety and "peace".
Agree that the Huxley family is important.
Missed an important one:
- The elimination of the family unit.
Finally:
- the standardization of euthanasia over natural death.
Julian Huxeley of UNESCO fame , right?
Yes that Julian Huxley.
I think John Mackey has one of the best explanations of the aristocracies’ (especially in England) fascination with Malthusian ideas comes from the fact that they are put out by entrepreneurs using their wit and social mobility to outpace the landed aristocracy. To protect their egos they adopted the Malthusian cult dogma. The Huxley brothers are stereotypical Malthusian aristocrats. Even Aldous (only intellectuals should be allowed to do psychedelics)
They made us read this one in school. That being said I didnt read this one yet.
Worth a reread as an adult.
Worth a reread.
Lesser known fact: there's a quartet.
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Me passing time at the office rn ...
I'll have to read the giver next 
I'll have to check it out
An excellent and simplistic book.
Check out We by Yevgeniy Zamyatin if you haven’t. Total Laser book and those British fairies ripped him off.
Cover goes hard.
He wrote from within the Soviet Union got exiled and never wrote again. Orwell and Huxley are known to have his book on their shelves. He likely invented dystopian fiction.
This cover is i had which evokes the spookiness for me (for some reason). The entire book paints a soulless satanic “Taylorized” and dehumanized world. Hope you enjoy! I’ve enjoyed your book recs so hopefully I return the favor!
