ISLAND

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY DAVID BRADSHAW For over a hundred years the Pacific isla
nd of Pala has been the scene of a unique experiment in civilisation. Its inhabi
tants live in a society where western science has been brought together with eas
tern philosophy and humanism to create a paradise on earth. When cynical journal
ist, Will Farnaby, arrives to search for information about potential oil reserve
s on Pala, he quickly falls in love with the way of life on the island.



Soon
the need to complete his mission becomes an intolerable burden. In counterpoint
to Brave New World and Ape and Essence, in Island Huxley gives us his vision of
utopia.