Brave new World can really be split into two separate stories: Before and after the visit to the savage reservation. In the first half of the story I really was not impressed. There was no significant difference between Brave New World and other fictional accounts of collectivist dystopian futures (1984, Fountainhead, etc.) It was clear that Brave New World was more paleo-conservative than libertarian compared with some other similar stories (with such an emphasis on the loss of religion in the artificial downfall, for example). There is one very long, very disturbing description of a ritualistic orgies that nearly made me return this audio book before completing (I did, however, need to take a break and "read" another before I completed). Also including a strange reference to "erotic play" of children that I still don't totally understand. The only other oddities is something’s that are a little ridiculous now-a-days, like everyone travels everywhere by helicopter yet we need to stop somewhere to use the telephone, and no mention of a downfall of the Catholic Church in the elimination of religion. returnreturnThe second half of the story, after returning to the "savage" reservation (a place made up of "Indians" from around the world who did not abandon the old ways). It is still somewhat unclear as the "religion" practiced by the savages seemed to be some weird combination of all 20th century religions, yet the other savages treat our hero John as an outcast partially do to his white skin which i felt was odd. I wonder if in Huxley's dystopian future only White people exist in England; perhaps he never could have imagined anything else. returnreturnSeeing the world of what humanity has become from someone who was living a more traditional life, who wanted to bring freedom to "civilization" is quite different than that of other dystopian futures where a "civilized" human wakes up to wanting something different. It’s a unique perspective that almost makes this book worth something. However the ending, is incredibly anti-climactic. That combined with the horrible begging lead to this getting a 3 when it could be at least a 4, if not a 5 star, but without John's perspective, this would be a 2 star at most.returnreturnAs far as the audio production goes, I felt it was quite good.