I'm not going to summarize this book because, by Ford, it's been done a million times. The first third of the book is so technical that I had a hard time getting into the story. I couldn't get a feel for the characters or the landscape. Once The Savage is introduced, the story and the characters develop....a little. The reader basically relies on the conversations that take place between characters to ascertain their nature. Through various conversations the reader can see Huxley's warnings to the world - beware of mindless consumption and diversions, knowledge is power, science can be used to control, and happiness can be taken to an extreme. The price for Utopian society is high...it will cost your freedom, faith, love, virtue, endurance, and individuality. The happiness achieved is not true happiness, which can never be known without experiencing sadness or despair. How could anyone ever know true sadness when they are conditioned to take a soma when they start to feel the slightest discomfort? Hmmm....It appears that the new world is not so brave after all?!
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