Gotta wonder . . .

[penmage]

Okie. So I was in the library on friday, and I finished perusing the adult section, and was in the children's section. I always go there, to see if anything new and wonderful has appeared. Anyway. I'm standing right next to the kiddie fantasy section when two of the senior librarians start walking towards the fantasy section. I overhear the following converation:

Librarian 1: Did you try the fantasy section?
(now this is what got me curious and made me stand and eavsdop - I can never pass up a good fantasy reference)
Librarian 2: No, I didn't think of it.
(Librarian 1 rummages in the fantasy section and pulls out a book - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe!)
L2: Hmm. I wonder why it's in the fantasy section.
L1: It's got kids going to another land through a closet, talking animals . . .
L2: Oh, that seems to fit, then . . .
(and they walk away)

Now I'm standing there, goggle-eyed and open-mouthed. These are senior librarians. Childrens librarians. How could they not be mildly familiar with The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe? I mean, honestly!

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[penchantnyc.livejournal.com]

On a related note. I don't understand how bookstores catagorize things sometimes. Anne Rices vamp books (fantasy) and Crighton's (s/f) books are often in the regular fiction section.

[penmage.livejournal.com]

Yep. And just the other day, I found a whole bunch of Terry Pratchett books in mainstream fiction.

I mean, really!