1984, Brave New World, The Handmaid’s Tale — these were all calls to arms.” On February 13, the New York Times published “Orwell’s 1984 or Huxley’s Brave New World?” Truthdig ...

While 1984 highlighted one man's fight against a totalitarian regime led by Big Brother, Brave New World envisioned a future in which residents are engineered into a strict social hierarchy.