They agreed about the danger of permanent social stratification, with humanity divided into categories determined by biological engineering and psychological conditioning (Huxley) or traditional class combined with totalitarian loyalty systems (Orwell). Both writers saw a future shaped by weapons of mass destruction - biological and chemical weapons in Huxley’s case, nuclear war in Orwell’s. The two dystopias have many details in common.
The greatest contributions to the tradition of dystopian fiction are two defining masterpieces from the 20th century, both of them bestsellers at the time and ever since: Aldous Huxley’s 1932 Brave New World and George Orwell’s 1949 Nineteen Eighty-Four. A deep dive into the heart and mind of both Aldous Huxley and George Orwell.
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