Brave New World by Aldous Huxley a book review

[@WarblesOnALot]

G'day, Yay Team ! You're spot-on about the Errors in-print... I published a thousand copies of a little book of Poetry in 1996, and when selling and autographing them I had to hand-anotate & initial the 3 mistakes printed in every copy. I haven't read BNW, but I've heard of it, and a bit about it - often it's referred to by people reviewing later Science Fiction... Swift's Gulliver's Travels was a pretty good (Anthropological/Sociological) sort of a read though - and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales was fairly similar to Boccacio's Decameron...(!). Yesterday I took the Sting on a 53km ride, which took 1 hr : 13 min, for an average of 43 Km/hr (mind you, 5.5 Km was Dirt Road at 30 K's/hr, & half a Klick happened on Wheeltracks over Grass & Rocks at 15 Km/hr...), and the back wheel must've skipped over a bump going downhill - because 57 Km/hr was the alleged maximum speed recorded. Upon return there was 33% of the Battery's Charge Capacity remaining..., so the Lithium fed the Neodymium Motor some 1.771 Kw/hr of Current... I started recharging when the Panels were about to go into Shadow after 20 minutes, but they began at 670 Watts, and they put 300 W/Hr into the Gell Cells while they were feeding 850 Watts to the Bike-Charger. The Bike's 60-Volt 750 Watt Charger appears to be 90% efficient, and the 1.6 KVA Inverter seems to run at closer to 85% Efficiency... And, at 11:15 DST today after 1.75 Kw/Hrs, the Inflow is still 176 Watts. My guess is that in total, yesterday's run took 2 Kw/hrs from the Solar System to get over putting 1.771 Kw/Hrs into the Bike. A total of 3 Cars encountered all up...; Xmas Day, mid-afternoon..., almost a completely depopulated Landscape - until going through the Village of Dundee... And even there - not a Human in sight... All lying down, resting, Digesting ; Getting over Having Overeaten, and imbibed too much, Apparently (!) ? But happily there was No drunken Street-Theatre, of the "Punch & Judy Show" type, To be seen at all ; Which is almost surprising, actually (having lived in a Village of 120 people, and slightly (5 miles) outside another of 600...; which time forms the "baseline" to my expectations, no doubt). The Recharge took 2 Hrs : 30 mins, done starting before Sundown, and today at 10:50 Daylight Saving Time (10:00 Local Apparent Time...!), the Batteries were at 28.62 Volts, with 386 Watts going in as an "Absorbtion" Charge, currently at 1.67 Kw/Hr, and they came out of "Bulk" Charge mode at 1.47 Kw/Hr. Meanwhile The Inflow dropped down to 340 W/Hr while I typed that..., too, so the Gel-Cells will be full & "Floating" again, before Midday Daylight Saving Time (?). Yesterday's Ride went into the Chest-Camera, too, so it's already been posted, if you feel like comparing the Sights that I see to the View from Aldous Huxley...(?). There do seem to be a few parallels...(?). Such is life, Happy Solstice Festival... Stay safe. ;-p Ciao !