Brave New World Revisited discussion

I read some reviews and it seems that a lot, if not most, of reviewers think of this book as "Brave New World", maybe some re-edition or something. But it's totally different book! It's not even a fiction novel, but a collection of essays. What's wrong with you people?

Word.

That sounds like a pretty innocent error. And considering that many editions combine both, I'd say it's hardly something to be concerned about. What's the big deal?

Hnat wrote: "What's wrong with you people?"

"You went full retard, man. Never go full retard." ;)

Matthew wrote: "That sounds like a pretty innocent error. And considering that many editions combine both, I'd say it's hardly something to be concerned about. What's the big deal?"

If one wants to write a review on both books, one should go the combined version Brave New World/Brave New World Revisited (and yes, there are many combined editions, but looks like all of them are gathered on that one Goodreads page), but there are lots of reviewers who base their reviews on thought that "Brave New World Revisited" is the same as "Brave New World". Which is of course not. For example:
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

All this makes the book's rating here useless. That is the big deal. Well not THAT big, but on the other hand I'm not making any big accusations, just pointing out the fact.

Argento, you people not noticing "... Revisited" in the book's title.

Hnat wrote: "Matthew wrote: "That sounds like a pretty innocent error. And considering that many editions combine both, I'd say it's hardly something to be concerned about. What's the big deal?"

If one wants t..."

So their reviews are filed in the wrong place then. Okay, but hardly seems like something to start a thread over. That said, I'll be getting my coat and hat, I just came by because I was curious. Oh, and incidentally, you do know Argento was just using a hilarious quote to mess around right? I really do t think he has any concerns about who this was directed at.

> you do know Argento was just using a hilarious quote to mess around right?

Didn't know that. I thought it's some 4chan-related meme.

> hardly seems like something to start a thread over
Why not? Come on, do you need a really serious reason to start a thread? Helping people to fight mass delusion seems a good enough reason to me. If some of the reviewers will move their misplaced reviews to the right place, then this thread was started not in vain.

Hilarious Hnat, making an argument for argument's sake. I love it. And I can agree with where you're coming from, people should read and pay closer attention.

However, I'm not going to say that those same people don't or are not allowed to make mistakes. All part of being human right!

And with that note, it's time to leave. Just wanted to laugh a little bit. <3

Hnat wrote: "> you do know Argento was just using a hilarious quote to mess around right?

Didn't know that. I thought it's some 4chan-related meme.

> hardly seems like something to start a thread over
Why not..."

"Mass delusion?" Laying it on extremely thick don't you think? More like a simple misunderstanding that has no consequences, except for those who make a point of blowing things out of proportion.

I admit, I had to be a little less expressive. I didn't want to start an argument, especially "for argument's sake". Just wanted to point out what seemed important to me.

Didn't mean to be grumpy. Sorry for all these exclamation marks and stuff like that.