They are each very different, however. People think of Mark Twain as a real person, and he is - just with a different real name. Nobody thinks of Beedle as a real person. Well, OK, maybe some people do, but I don't think we should encourage that ;-)
Just to illustrate, here's the Wikipedia entries you get for Mark Twain: "Mark Twain For other uses, see Mark Twain (disambiguation). Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain was an American author and humorist." And here's the Wikipedia entry you get for Beedle the Bard: "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" (Redirected from Beedle the Bard) The Tales of Beedle the Bard is a book of children's stories by British author J. K. Rowling..... Author J. K. Rowling.... The introduction (written by Rowling) to the publications released in December 2008 mentions that the fictional character Beedle the Bard was born in Yorkshire, lived in the 15th century, and had "an exceptionally luxuriant beard" Very different. Martin -----Original Message----- From: J. McRee Elrod [mailto:m...@slc.bc.ca] Sent: 14 October 2013 18:25 To: Kelleher, Martin Cc: RDA-L@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca Subject: Re: [RDA-L] RDA name authorities |c (Fictitious character) Martin Kelleher wrote: >Thinking about it that way sadly doesn;t make it sound any less >ridiculous. Entering Rowling under Biddle is no more ridiculous than entering Clemens under Twain. "Mark Twain" is a Mississippi River boaters' call, no more a person than Geronimo Chilton. While I would favour including in the statement of responsibility "[i.e. Samuel L. Clemens]", or "[i.e. J. K. Rowling]", RDA purists would not approve. We are dependent on authority cross references. __ __ J. McRee (Mac) Elrod (m...@slc.bc.ca) {__ | / Special Libraries Cataloguing HTTP://www.slc.bc.ca/ ___} |__ \__________________________________________________________
