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I just finished reading The Name of the Wind, a fantasy novel where the organizational scheme of the library at a magical University is a minor plot point. Ever
by idreyn 6y ago
I just finished reading The Name of the Wind, a fantasy novel where the organizational scheme of the library at a magical University is a minor plot point. Every time the school gets a new Master Archivist they come in with bright and ambitious ideas about how the catalogue should be organized and abandon their predecessor's scheme, with the result that centuries later there are dozens of overlapping and even explicitly competing systems extant in the library and many books are basically impossible to find. This, too, reminds me of basically every large codebase I've ever seen.
- sweston4 6y agoOh my god, I just finished this book, and I had the exact same thought. Serendipitous
- boojing 6y agoGreat series! I heard the third book is set to come out some time this century.
- remram 6y agoDon't ask the author though, or he might push it back further out of spite!
- sdoering 6y agoReading this I just clicked the audiobook. Sounds like something I could love working as a technical oriented data analyst after having studied literature.