Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

This in the series of "Books I Should Have Read By Now"

and I have to say that I was rather disappointed in this one. It has some interesting ideas, certainly, and no, I wasn't shocked by the reduction of the rampant sexuality . . . and to be honest, I don't see where people get the idea that "soma" is a vision of "prozac" because prozac is not an hallucinogen . . . although I can see the similarity of the "calming" qualities.

Actually, now that I think of it, how the people took soma is sort of how people take prozac - like candy. Let me reverse the previous sentence: the book did envision that part of its future.

Still, though, I found it rather lacking in plot. I don't know. But, at least I can say that I've read it and now I can move on to the next in the series.

VG