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Born: 1894 in Godalming, Surrey, England.
"Aldous Huxley belonged to a family of great talent: he was the grandson of the famous Thomas Henry Huxley [the supporter of Darwin who became H.G.Well's instructor late in life]; the son of Leonard Huxley, the editor of the Cornhill Magazine ; and the brother of Sir Julian Huxley. He was educated at Eton and Balliol [Oxford], and before devoting himself entirely to his own writing worked as a journalist and dramatic critic." [publisher's bumpf, in Brave New World , UK pbk, 1967]
"After Huxley's first wife, Maria Nys, died, he married an American, Laura Archera, in 1956, and they settled in California, not too far from Sin City [Los Angeles]. There, his library, with a lifetime's collection of books and manuscripts, was destroyed by a canyon fire -- a disaster which Huxley seems to have accepted with serenity. He and Laura took LSD together (by now he was regarded as the father-figure of hippiedom), enjoying many happy psychedelic experiences. It was in this atmosphere that Island was written." --Brian W.Aldiss (in Trillion Year Spree , 1986).
Died: 22 November 1963.
"...his death in 1963 was on November 22nd, which is significant bio information as it was also the date of JFK's assasination. His death was for this reason scarcely noticed by many (in the US at least)." --Matthew Butterfield (in a personal e-mail, 7 April 1997).
"I think at his home a place called 'Priors Field' to the best of my knowlege this is right." --Lucy McCabe.
Anti-utopia: Literature
("The first half of the sophomore curriculum focuses on the use and abuse of power. These links are a small section of the information available on these topics."... this is essentially a links page... maintained by Bob Barsanti... contains links to George Orwell, Margaret Atwood, Aldous Huxley, Ken Kesey, etc.)
Center for Utopian/Dystopian Studies
(located at Ohio University, maintained by Andy Wood... has linked to Mark/Space glossary entry for utopia, an honor... thanks!)
"Andy Wood has trawled the web searching for Utopian information, texts, etc... this is a great site and contains lots of links, so check it." --Henry W.Targowski.
The Island Web
("helping us to build a Psychedelic Culture"... following Huxley's vision in Island... site maintained by Mike Markowski, e-mail: markowski@cis.udel.edu...
link sent in by Bruce E)
Soma Web
(page on Aldous Huxley... maintained by Matthew)
Utopias and Dystopias
(overview... with more info on Brave New World )