r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Alextral • 1d ago

I really hate this

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Fantasy and science fiction being cramped in the same section, which is already so small :(

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u/Eastern_Equal_8191 1d ago

It will never change because every inventory and marketing system in the world has had SFF hardcoded as a category since the very moment we figured out how to store data electronically.

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u/Average-Anything-657 1d ago

How does the Dewey Decimal system play into this? Was it just "an inspiration" but not a factor?

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u/Single_Process4024 1d ago

Isn't the DD system for non-fiction?

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u/Average-Anything-657 1d ago

Nope, but it makes sense that this would be a common perception

The Dewey Decimal Classification has a number for all subjects, including fiction, although many libraries maintain a separate fiction section shelved by alphabetical order of the author's surname.

As per Wikipedia