explains the basic operation of the plant - Bokanovsky's Process - in which one fertilized egg produces from 8 to 96 "buds" that will grow into identical human beings. They begin at the Fertilizing Room, move on to the Bottling Room, the Social Predestination Room, and the Decanting Room. This institution plays an essential role in the artificial reproduction and social conditioning of the world's population.Īs the chapter begins, the Director of the Centre (the D.H.C.) conducts a group of new students, as well as the reader, on a tour of the facility and its operations - a biological version of the assembly line, with test-tube births as the product.
The novel opens in the distant future at the Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre.
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