Chris Packham: 'I read Brave New World at 13 - I found it terrifying but empowering'

The naturalist, TV presenter and writer on overpopulation, the one book he failed to finish and an underrated novel about a woman watching a snailThe book I am currently readingI've just finished Dale Vince's Manifesto. He's the person behind green energy company Ecotricity, and he's keen to encourage people to secure a happier, safer, healthier and more sustainable future. The book that changed my lifeI read Aldous Huxley's Brave New World when I was 13 and I found it terrifying but empowering. I identified with John the Savage, and with the oppressive nature of that world, and its dystopian future. Continue reading...