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SeerBlade | 48 comments Please, separate those two editions, because the system does not allow me:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5479
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3760005


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David Raz (davidraz) | 12724 comments I'm not sure I understand the requests.
1. Why do these editions need to be separated? They look like the same work, just in original and revised form.
2. Why are you asking this here? Superlibrarians don’t have any special powers for separation (aside from perhaps stubbornness).


SeerBlade | 48 comments 1. As you can see these editions contain two works like those:
Brave New World/Brave New World Revisited
2. As it was discovered earlier I (and probably other regular librarians) can't separate editions with quite big number of ratings like in those cases: (163,458 ratings) and (3,700 ratings). All other similar editions I managed to separate successfully.


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David Raz (davidraz) | 12724 comments 1. That's the same work in original and revised form. I don't see a reason to separate them.
2. I suspected there might be some undocumented feature like that. I didn't know it was "discovered earlier".


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Arenda | 26448 comments David wrote: "1. That's the same work in original and revised form. I don't see a reason to separate them."

No it isn't.

When the novel Brave New World first appeared in 1932, its shocking analysis of a scientific dictatorship seemed a projection into the remote future. Here, in one of the most important and fascinating books of his career, Aldous Huxley uses his tremendous knowledge of human relations to compare the modern-day world with his prophetic fantasy. He scrutinizes threats to humanity, such as overpopulation, propaganda, and chemical persuasion, and explains why we have found it virtually impossible to avoid them. Brave New World Revisited is a trenchant plea that humankind should educate itself for freedom before it is too late. Brave New World Revisited (first published in 1958) is not a reissue or revision Brave New World. Brave New World is a novel, whereas Brave New World Revisited is a nonfiction exploration of the themes in Brave New World.

I've separated both editions (along with 4 others) and combined them with other editions that contain both works: https://www.goodreads.com/work/editio...


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David Raz (davidraz) | 12724 comments Thanks for the explanation Arenda. That was what I was expecting from the OP. I'm still struggling with the backlog so I did not have time to do any research (or, indeed, read the book description).


SeerBlade | 48 comments Thank you Arenda very much 🤜🤛.


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