Packet A: Tossup 16

In a non-fiction follow-up to this novel titled [this novel] Revisited, (10[1])the author (10[1])compares the power (10[1])of (-5[1])the Grand Inquisitor’s regime (10[1]-5[1])to that of (10[1])a contemporary “scientific dictator.” (10[1]-5[1])In the foreword to a new edition (10[1])of this novel, (10[2])the author (-5[1])suggests “the problem of happiness” (10[1])will be the future’s (10[1]-5[1])“Manhattan (10[2])Projects.” (10[2]-5[1])The author explored themes inverse to this novel’s in a later novel that (10[1])ends (10[1])with the word (10[2])“Attention” spoken by (10[1])a mynah bird. That (10[1])counterpart to this novel is set on Pala (10[1])and is titled Island. (10[1]-5[1])This (10[1])novel (10[1])opens (10[3]-5[1])in a building bearing (10[2])the motto (10[1])“Community, (10[1])Identity, (10[2])Stability” (10[3]-5[2])where students (10[2])learn about (10[1])Bokanovsky’s (10[1])Process. (10[13]-5[3])This (10[1])novel (10[1]-5[1])ends (10[1])with John the Savage (10[2])hanging (10[1])himself (10[6])after (10[1])participating in a soma-fuelled (10[3])orgy. (10[1])For 10 points, name this dystopian (10[1])novel by Aldous Huxley. ■END■ (10[8]0[1])

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