Aldous Huxley
Aldous Leonard Huxley (1894 - 1963) was an English writer, novelist, philosopher, 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 includingBrave New World, set in a dystopian future; for non-fiction books, such asThe 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.
He was best known for his novels includingBrave New World, set in a dystopian future; for non-fiction books, such asThe 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.
[close] Aldous Leonard Huxley (1894 - 1963) was an English writer, novelist, philosopher, 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 includingBrave New World, set in a dystopian future; for non-fiction books, such asThe 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.
He was best known for his novels includingBrave New World, set in a dystopian future; for non-fiction books, such asThe 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.
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 | The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell by 3.91 avg rating — 73,311 ratings — published 1956 add/edit characters | |
 | The Road to Wigan Pier by 3.91 avg rating — 27,182 ratings — published 1937 add/edit characters | |
 | The Harvard Psychedelic Club: How Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, Huston Smith, and Andrew Weil Killed the Fifties and Ushered in a New Age for America by 3.92 avg rating — 2,058 ratings — published 2010 add/edit characters | |
 | Love, Poverty, and War: Journeys and Essays by 4.11 avg rating — 1,947 ratings — published 2004 add/edit characters | |
 | My Country Right or Left: 1940-1943 (The Collected Essays, Journalism & Letters, Vol. 2) by 4.28 avg rating — 629 ratings — published 1968 add/edit characters | |
 | Unacknowledged Legislation: Writers in the Public Sphere by 4.02 avg rating — 280 ratings — published 2000 add/edit characters | |
 | Diaries: Volume One, 1939-1960 by 4.05 avg rating — 169 ratings — published 1996 add/edit characters | |
 | Aldous Huxley: A Biography by 4.04 avg rating — 143 ratings — published 1973 add/edit characters | |
 | Plays: Major Barbara / Heartbreak House / Saint Joan / Too True to Be Good by 4.19 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 1970 add/edit characters | |
 | The Unimportance Of Being Oscar by 4.25 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1968 add/edit characters |
