The phrase "brave new world" comes from Miranda's speech in Shakespeare's The Tempest, Act V, Scene I:

"O wonder!

How many goodly creatures are there here!

How beautious mankind is!

O brave new world,

That has such people in't!"

It may also refer to:

In literature:

• Brave New World, a novel by Aldous Huxley
• Brave New World Revisited, a non-fiction work also by Huxley

Huxley's use of it for a dystopian novel gave the term an ironic meaning not intended by Shakespeare.

In film and television:

• Brave New World (1980 film), a 1980 TV-movie version of Huxley's book
• Brave New World (film), a 1998 TV-movie version of Huxley's book
• Brave New World (2011 film), an upcoming film supposedly starring Leonardo DiCaprio
• Brave New World (TV series), an ABC TV (US) mini-series about the possibilities of the 21st century
• Brave New World (UK TV series), a Channel 4 series about bioethics made by Open Media
• "Brave New World" (seaQuest 2032 episode), an episode of seaQuest 2032
• Brave New World (Grey's Anatomy), an episode of Grey's Anatomy

In music:

• Albums:
  • Brave New World (Iron Maiden album), a 2000 album by Iron Maiden
  • Brave New World (Steve Miller Band album), a 1969 album by the Steve Miller Band
  • Brave New World (Styx album), a 1999 album by Styx
  • Brave New World (Rippingtons album), a 1995 album by The Rippingtons.
• Songs:
  • "Brave New World," a song by Charlotte Church.
  • "Brave New World," a song from Motörhead's album Hammered.
  • "Brave New World," a song by Reagan Youth.
  • "Brace New World, a song by the Swedish band Covenant
  • A song from Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds.
  • "Brave New World," the title song of the Iron Maiden album mentioned above.
  • "Brave New World," a song by Iron Savior.
  • "Brave New World," the title song of the Styx album mentioned above.
  • "Brave New World," the main theme song of Namco × Capcom a tactical role playing game for the Ps2
  • "Brave New World," a song by Hedley
  • "Brave New World," a song by Richard Ashcroft.
• Other:
  • Brave New World (band), an American electronic band from 1990-2000.
  • Brave New World (label), an independent music label started by Mark Lee Townsend in May 2006.

Other meanings:

• Brave New World (role playing game), a superhero role-playing game set in a dystopian alternate reality
• DCU: Brave New World, a one-shot comic book released in summer 2006 as part of DC Comics' One Year Later event.

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