When it comes to classic literature, the classics can be hit or miss. Sometimes a “classic” is groundbreaking novel that truly stands the test of time, other times it’s a book that reads like something you Sparknotes’d your way through in high school English. While not every novel hailed as “great” is actually so, these time tested sci-fi novels are certified bangers even in the modern era – and will stay that way for decades to come. These are the 10 best classic sci-fi books that still hold up.
Brave New World
(Chatto & Windus)Aldous Huxley modified the meaning of “dystopia” when he wrote Brave New World. When you think of the term, I’m sure your mind jumps to an Orwellian police state or a Handmaid’s Tale style theocracy. Brave New World‘s London is none of these things – it’s an on paper paradise… for some. Society has advanced to a point where genetic engineering has been perfected, and human beings are created to fulfill social roles. The select few that rule society are free to enjoy a life of pleasure, made all the more euphoric by the mood stabilizing drugs that they take on the daily. Menial labor meanwhile is performed by people who are mentally engineered to do so – simpleminded humans who can’t conceptualize of a live beyond picking up garbage or operating an elevator. While society is free from violence and want, Brave New World is an example of how toxic ideologies pertaining to eugenics and social stratification can create dystopia without a single bullet being fired – a dystopia upheld by the opiate of simple pleasures.
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