Comments on: Name that book: a fiction subject headings quiz

By: Steve Lawson

Steve Lawson — Wed, 17 May 2006 16:48:08 +0000

Thanks, JDB; nice one. I had had trouble finding Shakespeare with subject headings.

No one has tried adrienne’s title yet. I think I may not have read it.

By: JBD

JBD — Wed, 17 May 2006 00:15:43 +0000

Moving out of fiction just briefly, here’s one I thought was amusing.

Fathers and daughters — Drama.
Political refugees — Drama.
Shipwreck victims — Drama.
Magicians — Drama.
Islands — Drama.
Spirits — Drama.

By: Simon

Simon — Mon, 08 May 2006 00:03:00 +0000

Oooh, forgot about this. Steve is right with Underworld. The third one is Wuthering Heights – not 100% obvious and I can see why you would think Tom Jones. My second one was Brave New World.

By: adrienne

adrienne — Thu, 04 May 2006 17:55:56 +0000

My favorite subject-heading-wise has always been:

Despair — Fiction
Rural poor — New England — Fiction
Marriage — Fiction
Farm life — New England — Fiction
Interpersonal relations — Fiction
Berkshire Hills (Mass.) — Fiction
New England — Social life and customs — Fiction

I particularly enjoy it b/c every teenager I’ve helped find the book has been feeling “despair” in a less fictional way at the thought of having to read it. Can’t say as I blame them….

By: Laura

Laura — Mon, 01 May 2006 20:10:15 +0000

Yup, The Bell Jar is right. Simon, is your third one Tom Jones? The White Noise subjects are fantastic.

By: Jessy

Jessy — Sun, 30 Apr 2006 17:07:13 +0000

Here’s another, quite obvious but I enjoyed the last LCSH:

Chocolate factories — Juvenile fiction.
Chocolate — Juvenile fiction.
Candy — Juvenile fiction.
Good and evil — Juvenile fiction.

Some of the records for this book have only one subject heading: Human behavior — Juvenile fiction. I believe, from looking at other books with that subject heading, it’s supposed to mean something to do with manners and politeness (Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, The Berenstein Bears Forget Their Manners). Not too intuitive, though.

By: Steve Lawson

Steve Lawson — Sun, 30 Apr 2006 02:22:27 +0000

Good ones, Simon! The first I recognized right off as DeLillo’s Underworld; for the others, I had to cheat.

Speaking of DeLillo, I love the subjects for White Noise:
Industrial accidents — Fiction.
College teachers — Fiction.
Stepfamilies — Fiction.
Middle West — Fiction.
Death — Fiction.
Humorous stories.

“Death — Fiction.; Humorous stories.” Love that.

By: Simon Chamberlain

Simon Chamberlain — Sun, 30 Apr 2006 01:24:49 +0000

Jessy’s was the Old Man and the Sea.
Ellen’s are Pride and Prejudice, Harry Potter and the Da Vinci Code (I guess…).

World Series (Baseball)–Fiction.
Public relations–Fiction.
Fathers and sons–Fiction.
Women artists–Fiction.
Ex-convicts–Fiction.
Executives–Fiction.
Baseballs–Fiction.
Cold War–Fiction.
New York (N.Y.)–Fiction.

Passivity (Psychology)–Fiction.
Genetic engineering–Fiction.
Totalitarianism–Fiction.
Collectivism–Fiction.

Triangles (Interpersonal relations)–Fiction.
Rejection (Psychology)–Fiction.
Rural families–Fiction.
Foundlings–Fiction.
Yorkshire (England)–Fiction.

By: Ellen

Ellen — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 11:34:45 +0000

Ooh, fun! How about this one?

Young women — England — Fiction.
Courtship — England — Fiction.
Sisters — England — Fiction.
England — Social life and customs — 19th century — Fiction.

or:

Wizards — Fiction.
Magic — Fiction.
Schools — Fiction.
Magic — Juvenile fiction.
Wizards — Juvenile fiction.
England — Fiction.

or:

Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519 — Manuscripts — Fiction.
Cryptographers — Fiction.

By: Steve Lawson

Steve Lawson — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 10:54:45 +0000

v smoothe got mine!