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Originally Posted by Deskisamess
For non-fiction, decent Footnotes are important. Many of us read them.
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Sometimes they are important for fiction too!
Case in point, the 1950s book
The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody by Will Cuppy (I have my grandmother's copy.)
This is basically a humorous take on history complete with fun illustrations. And virtually every page has several footnotes. Which add to the humor!
For instance, in his first chapter about ancient Egypt titled: Cheops, or Khufu, he writes:
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Some of the Egyptians were brighter than others. They invented mosquito netting, astrology and a calendar that wouldn't work, so that New Year's Day finally fell on the Fourth of July. They believed that the sun went sailing around Egypt all day on a boat and that a pig ate the moon every two weeks. [5]
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With the note being:
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5. This was called the wisdom of the ancients.
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It's not available as ebook AFAIK, but should it be released at some future time, one would certainly HOPE that the footnotes remained intact in some fashion!