О дивный новый мир

           Beauty’sattractive,andwedon’twantpeopletobeattractedbyoldthings.Wewantthemtolikethenewones."

           "Butthenewonesaresostupidandhorrible.Thoseplays,wherethere’snothingbuthelicoptersflyingaboutandyoufeelthepeoplekissing."Hemadeagrimace."Goatsandmonkeys!"OnlyinOthello’swordcouldhefindanadequatevehicleforhiscontemptandhatred.

           "Nicetameanimals,anyhow,"theControllermurmuredparenthetically.

           "Whydon’tyouletthemseeOthelloinstead?"

           "I’vetoldyou;it’sold.Besides,theycouldn’tunderstandit."

           Yes,thatwastrue.HerememberedhowHelmholtzhadlaughedatRomeoandJuliet."Wellthen,"hesaid,afterapause,"somethingnewthat’slikeOthello,andthattheycouldunderstand."

           "That’swhatwe’veallbeenwantingtowrite,"saidHelmholtz,breakingalongsilence.

           "Andit’swhatyouneverwillwrite,"saidtheController."Because,ifitwerereallylikeOthellonobodycouldunderstandit,howevernewitmightbe.Andifwerenew,itcouldn’tpossiblybelikeOthello."

           "Whynot?"

           "Yes,whynot?"Helmholtzrepeated.Hetoowasforgettingtheunpleasantrealitiesofthesituation.Greenwithanxietyandapprehension,onlyBernardrememberedthem;theothersignoredhim."Whynot?"

           "BecauseourworldisnotthesameasOthello’sworld.Youcan’tmakeflivverswithoutsteel–andyoucan’tmaketragedieswithoutsocialinstability.Theworld’sstablenow.