Brave New World, a novel published in 1932 by Aldous Huxley, depicts a future society in which people are genetically engineered to be passive and serve the ruling class. It is a work of speculative fiction that critiques the present and is considered Huxley's greatest achievement. In the nonfiction book Brave New World Revisited, published in 1958, Huxley reflects on the contemporary world and compares it to the futuristic society depicted in Brave New World, discussing issues such as overpopulation, propaganda, and the use of chemicals to manipulate people's behavior. This description may be from a different edition of the book.Brave New World, a novel published in 1932 by Aldous Huxley, depicts a future society in which people are genetically engineered to be passive and serve the ruling class. It is a work of speculative fiction that critiques the present and is considered Huxley's greatest achievement.