Harry Potter And The Sorcerers Stone
(J.k. Rowling)
One finds, eventually, that the way in which people subject things to 'categorization' is simply amazing. Walk into any book shop, and you'll soon see all manner of curious ideas on the subject. Everything (in a book shop) must go into its proper place, and places abound. Certainly, we can't get by with just books piled helter skelter, but the lengths and depths (and often breadths) the book shop industry as a whole has gone to in its efforts to have everything 'easy to find' is nothing short of astonishing.
Unfortunately, the system of book categorization in use works in a sort of general way, but individual items are often confusing. In large part, what goes on in the book will give a clue as to the categorization said book has been subjected to. Rather a normal book, bit of a murder at one point, archetypal hero figure discovers identity of perpetrator, and there you are, file under 'Mystery'. There is a comforting ease with which this sort of classification works. It makes one feel cozy.
However, if we take a supremely similar book, add one minor detail, things get monkeyed up. Rather normal book for the most part, bit of a murder, archetypal hero figure solves crime, one fellow (hardly worth mentioning really, he isn't critical at all) has a laser gun, and Shazam!, the book has a laser gun on the cover, sits in 'Sci-Fi', and Bob's your uncle.
In fact, take any book that would under normal circumstances be shoved, in no uncertain terms, into any other category, add to it (at any random point in the story) the line 'An elf wanders in, waves at you with a wry grin, and wanders off again', and it's straight to 'Fantasy', and thank you very much for stopping by.
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