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Re:Goodreads Is Broken by JHer on Saturday September 07, 2019 @06:59PM (#20907232)
Entering "1984" yields "books similar to 1984 by Michael Dean". Entering "Nineteen Eighty-Four" gives me "Book picks similar to Nineteen Eighty-Four by Matthew Dunster". When I search for "Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel", the site responds with "Book picks similar to Beer in the Snooker Club by Waguih Ghali". I'm sure Dean, Dunster, and Ghali are terrific writers but what happened to George Orwell?
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Re:Goodreads Is Broken by cptnapalm on Saturday September 07, 2019 @08:08PM (#20907589)
Memory holed. 1984 has always been by Michael Dean.
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Re:Goodreads Is Broken by NeedMoreTea on Saturday September 07, 2019 @08:51PM (#20907791)
"1984 orwell" finds it. Just "1984" looks like it's finding a translation or something - the cover picture clearly shows George Orwell. Maybe Dean is the translator? Still a bit odd.
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Re:Goodreads Is Broken by Izkata on Sunday September 08, 2019 @04:33AM (#20909284)
Sub-header clicking into it says:

> by Michael Dean (Adaptation), Andy Hopkins (Editor), Jocelyn Potter (Editor)

Also in tiny text below the description:

> Paperback, 71 pages

...that seems really short. Not sure this is the full novel.

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