Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Aldous Leonard Huxley (/ˈɔːldəs ˈhʌksli/; 26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963) was an English writer, novelist, philosopher,[1][2][3][4] and prominent member of the Huxley family. He graduated from Balliol College at the University of Oxford with a first-class honours in English literature.
He was best known for his novels including Brave New World, set in a dystopian future; for non-fiction books, such as The Doors of Perception, which recalls experiences when taking a psychedelic drug; and a wide-ranging output of essays. Early in his career Huxley edited the magazine Oxford Poetry and published short stories and poetry. Mid career and later, he published travel writing, film stories, and scripts. He spent the later part of his life in the U.S., living in Los Angeles from 1937 until his death. In 1962, a year before his death, he was elected Companion of Literature by the Royal Society of Literature.[5]
Huxley was a humanist, pacifist, and satirist. He later became interested in spiritual subjects such as parapsychology and philosophical mysticism,[6][7] in particular universalism.[8] By the end of his life, Huxley was widely acknowledged as one of the pre-eminent intellectuals of his time.[9] He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in seven different years.[10]

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On his deathbed, unable to speak due to advanced laryngeal cancer, Huxley made a written request to his wife Laura for "LSD, 100 µg, intramuscular". According to her account of his death[51] in This Timeless Moment, she obliged with an injection at 11:20 a.m. and a second dose an hour later; Huxley died aged 69, at 5:20 p.m. (Los Angeles time), on 22 November 1963

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Skeptic Bob said:

He died tripping? Awesome.

Personally, I half expect the process of dying, unless killed suddenly by an explosion or bullet to the head, to be somewhat psychedelic in its own right. As your brain slowly shuts down I would guess you would experience various altered states of consciousness up until the lights finally go out.

Or maybe that is when you wake up and realize life was just one long trip.

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Trippy Trekker said:

Aldous Huxley wrote this novel in 1931. I read and enjoyed it as a teenager in the early 1970s.

Several snippets can give us a bit of insight into the strange mind of Aldous Huxley. Near death at age 69, he requested his wife dose him with LSD. We can only imagine his last Trippy Thoughts!



Aldous Huxley's Death -



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldous_Huxley
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_New_World

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Grand Mal said:

Much as I loved acid back in the day, I hope to die with wide-open eyes. No drugs, no 'peaceful in-your-sleep' crap. It's the ultimate experience of your life. Why wouild you want to adulterate it?

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