Brave New World.  The title itself intrigued me.  The concept of a new world and the ideas of science fiction was exciting.  As the writing is begun to be perused, I find the author to be very creative, eloquent and entertaining.  It is almost possible to see the glint of the sun on the microscopes.

In the first couple chapters a society is laid out that removes all the freedom from the individuals from the beginning of life.  Parents are a thing of the past in favor of test tubes and multitudes of clones, with the reality of complete acceptance being obvious as even the students initially followed are recognized as alphas.  People are broken into a five level caste that applies the work that individuals do so far as they are programmed at the genetic level for details so minute as where they will live.

It is interesting to note that while the changes in society as resulted procreation being a result of algorithms and science, the actual accepted behaviors have also morphed.  Licentious behavior in now accepted as a regular behavior that children are encouraged to partake in, with mockery being made of us in the past that hold a more puritanical view.  The double standard is also rather obvious here, and somewhat entertaining.  Sex is no longer used for procreation, but erotic games are encouraged for children.

Probably the last thing that I found interesting in these initial chapters is the question, did the makers of the Matrix series have this in mind when the people energy factory was developed?  The people factory in Brave New World and the pictures from the Matrix leave me believing one had an influence on the other.