[bksvol-discuss] Re: submitted 14 books
- From: Ann Parsons <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:01:37 -0500
Hi all,
<smiling> Yes, I agree, it is, however, sometimes difficult to
separate them. If I were categorizing them, I'd put alternate time
under Science Fiction because Time is an actual physical thing, a
demension that might be tamed if we knew how. There are, as I said,
books that do cross the line between the two genres. Philip Pullman's
stuff for one, Diane Duane's Wizard books for another because although
she talks about magic, it is in the context of Science. It is, in this
case kinda hard to tell which is which, or maybe that's which witch is
which? <smiling> All naming set aside, I would make a distinction
between the two genres if at all possible. I think Duane's Wizard
books are considered fantasy even though they deal in part with
scientific principles.
<smiling> I suspect, if Bookshare hiures a librarian, we may be forced
to adhere to stronger guidelines when it comes to sorting books
according to genre. Our future librarian, whomever it is, may want to
organize the collection either via the Library of Congress or the Dewey
Decimal System. If that happens, then we'll have to look at more
specific ways to classify books. Whomever it is, has got a whale of a
job ahead! How *does* one organize an electronic library? One doesn't
have to "shelve" books, but is there a system? How does Gutenberg
organize their stuff, for example? Just a curious reader wanting to know.
Ann P.
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