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Brave New World written by Aldous Huxley and published in 1932.

The book is set in the future where people are made and not everyone is made equal. People are sorted in groups and each group has it's functions. Alpha people are at the top and it goes down from there.

It follows three main characters, an Alpha male who had some alcohol put into his pre-birth mix so he's not quite all Alpha, an Alpha who is a little smarter than most and someone born outside of what passes for the civilized world.

People do their jobs, has sex with whoever they want and take a drug called soma whenever they want to escape. Shiny happy people everywhere.

I enjoyed it and am glad I finally got a chance to read it.

If you like 1984 and books that make you think about society and your place in it, check it out.

After reading it, you'll probably realize that there's more soma in the world than you might have imagined and maybe you'll wonder just what the hell everyone is trying to escape from.