Round 9: Tossup 16

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

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