This book, written in the same pattern as Brave New World, a reconstruction of the same theme, but enriched with the scientific, social, and moral experience of humanity after World War II, provides a chilling depiction of the world after World War III, when a civilization dedicated to "perfection" attempts to strip humans of all their rebellious desires. An allegorical, prophetic book, it is also a sharp sardonic contemplation of the contradictions and dangers of our time, imbued with the deep penetrating power that made Huxley one of the greatest satirical writers of our century.