Books by Aldous Huxley

WITH A FOREWORD BY DAVID LODGEWhen inspiration leads Theodore Gumbril to design a type of pneumatic trouser cushion to ease the discomfort of sedentary life, he decides the time has come to give up teaching and seek his fortune in the metropolis.

In a renovated Italian palace set above the blue of the sea, the Junoesque figure of Mrs Aldwinkle moves among her guests. Deliciously satirical, Those Barren Leaves bites the hands of those who dare to posture or feign sophistication and is as comically fresh today as when it was first published.

A dystopian classicIn February 2108, the New Zealand Rediscovery Expedition reaches California at last. The expedition expects to find physical destruction but they are quite unprepared for the moral degradation they meet.

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"Himmel og helvede" er en fortsættelse og videreudvikling af "Erkendelsens døre", hvori Aldous Huxley redegør for resultaterne af sit eksperiment med det narkotiske middel mescalin.I "Himmel og helvede" påviser forfatteren, at også andre stoffer – f.eks. kulsyre eller visse hormoner, der udskilles i organismen under påvirkning af vidtdreven askese, selvpiskning osv. – kan fremkalde anormale sindstilstande og visioner, der ligner dem, mystikerne beskriver.Aldous Huxley hævder, at en erfarings åndelige værdi ikke anfægtes af dens fysiologisk oprindelse. Og han henter sine eksempler bl.a. fra juveler, malerier, fyrværkeri og teatrets verden for at illustrere sine dybt fængslende teorier.Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) var en engelsk forfatter og filosof, der er bedst kendt for sin dystopiske roman "Fagre nye verden" og essayet "Erkendelsens døre", som fortæller om hans personlige oplevelser med psykedeliske stoffer. Aldous Huxley interesserede sig for forskellige emner som etik, politik og mysticisme og skrev både romaner, noveller, digte, rejseskildringer, essays, prosa og filmmanuskripter.