I must admit I've never read Brave New World. I did read 1984, in 1984, when I was in Junior High and everyone was reading it for the novelty of it. I thought it was boring at the time. I later learned about Brave New World by discussing it with friends who read it. I lumped them both, along with A Clockwork Orange, into a category of sci-fi that was ugly, pessimistic, and a little paranoid. I've never liked any of the post apocalyptic science fiction. I regarded it as anti-science, merely modern rehashes of Frankenstein. The films of the genera were reliably shoddy and nihilistic. I once complained to a friend that just because someone has access to a scrap yard, doesn't mean they should make a science fiction film.