I had been quoting from Huxley’s novel, Brave New World, recently. It’s easy to read a summary and know the general themes and things to quote. Of course, reading a summary boils down to thinking you know the general themes and quoting passages to appear literate, but not really knowing much.
So, I wanted a copy of Brave New World without having to leave the house since it’s sleeting out, plus I don’t want to pay for it. It’s old, 1931, so it should be free now, I guess. I glance at Amazon out of curiosity. $8 USD for a digital copy. Bah. I head over to The Internet Archive where they have the mother in .epub format for free. I’ve made donations there before, so I’ve sort of paid for it.
I load it up to read it on my snazzy tablet, but a Michael Douglas movie comes on the TV delaying me for two hours because Michael looks pretty good in it (ca. 1984).
Finally I get a beer open and start on Brave New World.
This is how one approaches great literature and tawdry movies. :-p
