I've seen that where I am also. The Hampshire library system classifies a lot of books as general fiction that might otherwise be classified as science fiction/fantasy. I find it interesting and am uncertain as to where they draw the line. I've not been that intrigued to ask, though. :)
The same thing, goes for mystery/crime books. I was happy to see the Hampshire library system bringing in imported copies of Nevada Barr's Anna Pigeon series. (They're not published over here, but people must have been requesting them for the library to buy them.) Now, I know that those books are considered mysteries in the US. I went to book signings/talks with Nevada Barr at Boulder's former Rue Morgue Mystery Book Store. But Hampshire classifies the Anna Pigeon books as general fiction.
Could the librarians here elaborate or is it just perhaps a personal preference of one person making decisions for a library system?
Ellen
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From: Katrina Knight <kknight@fastmail.fm>
To: tamson-house@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2015 1:57 PM
Subject: Re: Another book recommendation
At 09:42 PM 7/29/2015, Kris Howell wrote:
>Katrina said: Amusingly, the library doesn't think that this
>book is fantasy.
>
>How have they classified it??
General fiction.
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