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Is there any way to find a better picture of Huxley? The current one is not very flattering nor clear.
I have a book called "Aldous Huxley: Between the wars" (David Bradshaw ed.). It is a collection of Huxley's letters and essays written between the world wars. Should it be included in the publications list? AdamRetchless 16:48, 21 Mar 2004 (UTC)
No harm in including it; it may be a collection of some previously published essays and some unpublished work.Tom Radulovich 06:11, 22 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Is "Crome" (as in Yellow) an American spelling, or just a typing error? As Huxley was British, should not his titles be rendered in British English? Donald 01.46, 27th October 2004 (BST)
- No, that's the actual title of the book, not a misspelling or Americanization. It is set in a manor called Crome. 130.155.196.100 01:18, 27 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Aldous Huxley wrote the introduction to "Sri Ramakrishna", what category should this sort of writing be listed under? Wjhonson 23:35, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
~~ Grey Eminence ~~
Huxley wrote a book titled Grey Eminence. This is missing from the bibliography.
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Suggest 5 possible wiki links and 2 possible backlinks for Aldous Huxley.
An automated Wikipedia link suggester has some possible wiki link suggestions for the Aldous_Huxley article:
- Can link English literature: ...e in [[World War I]]. Once his eyesight recovered, he read English literature at [[Balliol College, Oxford|Balliol College]], [[Universit... (link to section)
- Can link pacifism: ... was denied [[citizenship]] since he refused to ascribe his pacifism to [[religion|religious]] beliefs. In [[1938]] he befriende... (link to section)
- Can link psychical research: ...g early [[hippies]]. During the 1950s, Huxley's interest in psychical research grew keener. His wife, Maria, died of [[breast cancer]] in... (link to section)
- Can link Medical School: ...Movement]]. At a speech given in [[1961]] at the California Medical School in San Francisco, Huxley said: "There will be in the next g... (link to section)
- Can link concentration camp: ...ip without tears, so to speak, producing a kind of painless concentration camp for entire societies so that people will in fact have their... (link to section)
Additionally, there are some other articles which may be able to linked to this one (also known as "backlinks"):
- In Poetry of Jim Morrison, can backlink Aldous Huxley: ...y Brook 1—2 (Fall, 1968), p. 18. Sugerman (1988), p. 188. Aldous Huxley (Middlesex: Penguin Books, 1959). ...
- In American classical music, can backlink Aldous Huxley: ...ether from America or Europe. A pessimist model, shared by Aldous Huxley and Theodore Wiesengrund Adorno, of the classical tradition...
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Feedback: I like it, I hate it, Please don't link to — LinkBot 11:28, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Good stuff... I implemented all the links except for medical school, since it's part of the name of a particular school. I didn't implement either of the backlinks, as the first article appears to be in violation of the GFDL, and the second one, while no source is quoted, contains no wikilinks at all, and IMO seems to be of questionable subject for an article in its own right ... Rkundalini 17:35, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Concentration camp quote
Just noticed the quote in the article. I don't have the background to say for sure, but it seems to me that this quote is a description of the dystopia presented in Brave New World. In terms of the erosion of free will and the malevalence of social leaders, it is the complete opposite of the utopic vision of Island. Yes, both societies used psychoactive drugs routinely, but for completely opposite purposes. So, it seems to me that this quote should not be located along with discussion if Island and the Human Potential Movement. If it remains, it should be moved up to where BNW is discussed. But I'd like to hear other contributors' opinions before doing this. Rkundalini 17:43, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Description of BNW
Again, I am no student of literature, but it seems to me that BNW is mainly about the exercise of mass mind control through propaganda and doping. The dehumanising nature of scientific progress is also there to a degree but to me this misses the main point of the novel.... anyone agree? Rkundalini 17:49, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)
rkundalini - I agree with your assessments of Huxley's message(s) in these books. You may realize, though, that I did not contribute the material on BNW. Things I added were generally more biographical, plus some mention of the general assessment of A. Huxley's worth as a writer and social commentator or satirist. J. Russ
Death date
I have reinstated the bit of "trivia" about the day of Huxley's death, since it is true. It is also relevant because his death was overshadowed in the media and public mind by the JFK assassination. (For this reason perhaps it should be put back in the article rather than a separate trivia section). -- Rkundalini 06:33, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Roberta?
Where exactly did this info on "Roberta" come from? According to Nicholas Murray's bio on Huxley, his only sister was named Margaret, and she didn't die around the time of his mother. In fact, I can't find a date of death for her, so she may still be alive. --Nomadicworld 02:48, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
