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A fact from Feelie (Brave New World) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 4 December 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Aldous Huxley developed his "feelies" in response to the emergence of "talkies"?

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... that Aldous Huxley developed his "feelies" in response to the emergence of "talkies"?

Source: Frost, Laura (2006). "Huxley's Feelies: The Cinema of Sensation in "Brave New World"". Twentieth Century Literature. 52 (4): 447. ISSN 0041-462X. "The "feelies," a cinema of titillating, pansensual stimulation, are clearly a response to the "talkies," as Huxley extends the innovation of synchronized sound to include all the senses."