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Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is a short novel, you could probably read in one or two evenings. It takes a very grim view of the future, as seen from 1930's perspectives. Everything that is bad now is "good" then. Everything that is good now is "bad" then. Everything that is immoral now is "moral" then. Everything that is moral now is "immoral" then. Psychoactive drug use is not bad or immoral, it's mandatory. Sexual activity, of any kind, is not only good, but encouraged, even with children and between children. Abortions are routine, as is the "pill". There are no "families" or "spouses", "mothers" or fathers" or "brothers and sisters". Those terms are obscenities and are not used at all. Anybody who "deviates" from societal "norms" are sent to be "rehabilitated" or, failing that, banished from society, to live with "barbarians" in some forsaken corner of the globe. The story revolves around a single man who was the "child" of a "normal" member of society who got pregnant while on vacation to one of these places (to see the "Indians" as they were called)and got stuck there, where no facilities were available to take care of the "problem". He grew up in the "Indian" primitive culture and was discovered and brought back to live in the "civilized" society. He was rejected by the primitives, as an outsider and was a curiosity to the civilized people. He ultimately could not "cope" with the situation he found himself in..............