Aldous Leonard Huxley was born on July 26, 1894 in Surrey, England. ... Aldous upbringing was shaped by many diverse influences, from his brother Julian, a notable biologist, to his mother's uncle Matthew Arnold, a well-known English poet and literary critic. ... Aldous Leonard Huxley is responsible for a vast amount of great books. ... In 1938 they went to Hollywood, where Aldous became a screenwriter. ... Aldous Leonard Huxley's life would come to an end on November 22, 1963, and was cremated and later buried in his parents' grave in England. ...

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In Neuromancer (William Gibson, 1984) it is simply a question of staying alive; in Brave New World (Aldous Huxley, 1936) it is a question of staying human. ... The rediscovery and reassessment of William Morris" News From Nowhere (1890), which set the ecotopian template, inspired Aldous Huxley to revisit his own dystopian template of Brave New World with the novel Island (1962), a marriage of Buddhist philosophy with Western science. ... There had been a number of precedents set, such as the works of H.G.Wells (for example The Story Of The Days to Come, When The Sleeper Awakes and The Time Mac...

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