Round 1: Tossup 16

In a non-fiction follow-up to this novel titled [this novel] Revisited, 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 (-5[1])suggests “the problem of happiness” (10[1])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 (10[1])“Attention” spoken by a mynah bird. That counterpart to this novel is set on Pala and is titled Island. This novel opens (10[1])in a building bearing the motto “Community, Identity, Stability” where students learn about Bokanovsky’s Process. (10[1]-5[2])This novel ends with John the Savage (10[1])hanging himself (10[1])after participating in a soma-fuelled orgy. For 10 points, name this dystopian novel by Aldous Huxley. ■END■ (10[2])

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