Neil Gaiman on alphabetizing books
While looking at this and that on YouTube, I found this clip of author Neil Gaiman at a convention answering the old "Where do you get your ideas?" question.
The interesting thing to me is that about a minute in he starts talking about alphabetizing his books as a kid, and how by the time he was seven he was agonizing over such issues as whether books by Roger Lancelyn Green should go under "L" or "G".
Sound familiar, anyone? Does it in fact sound EXACTLY LIKE YOUR OWN CHILDHOOD? Because it sure sounds like mine!
This makes me think that either Neil Gaiman has missed his true calling as a manbrarian, or that I should have become a bestselling author adored by 17 year old girls who wear black all the time. (Sound familiar, anyone? Does it in fact sound EXACTLY LIKE YOUR JUNIOR YEAR IN HIGH SCHOOL? Because it sure sounds like mine!)
Speaking of librarians and wearing black all the time, I've got another YouTube clip as a sort of lagniappe for this post:
Ninja Librarian!
2 comments:
Excellent use of "lagniappe," Kelly! And yes, as a child I was (and sometimes still am) conflicted about the classification of certain books in my personal library. I <3 Neil Gaiman!
Neil Gaiman won my <3 at ALA.
I now give him a <3 + =^..^= for alphabetizing.
(The cat represents extra special librarian love.)
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