Spielberg And Syfy Developing Huxley’s BRAVE NEW WORLD!! Read the full article on AICN I am – Hercules!! Adapting the proposed Syfy/Spielberg version of Aldous Huxley’s 1932 sci-fi novel “Brave New World” is Les Bohem, who created the 10-episode Spielberg/Syfy extraterrestrial miniseries “Taken” (which, for the record, had nothing to do with Liam Neeson). The Huxley book, widely considered one of the best novels of all time, is set in 2540 and depicts a world government that divides the human population into five castes until one man existing outside the castes comes the threaten the entire planet’s social order. The book has been adapted at least twice by Syfy sister company NBC.