Brave New World
In the book Brave New World, is soma simply a sedative?
This is a True or False question.
This is a True or False question.
True, it it a tranquilizer.
The imaginary "ideal pleasure drug" in Aldous Huxley's novel Brave New World (1932). Its chemistry and pharmacology are undefined. As described, the drug resembles a hangoverless tranquilliser or an opiate.