johnnypanics
johnnypanics t1_j1f7xfh wrote
Reply to What are some techniques used in books that you just love for some weird reason by shorttompkins
Footnotes with lots of asterisks.
Yes yes, I'm a Pratchett fangirl.
johnnypanics t1_iuhllp4 wrote
Reply to I, Claudius vs. Claudius the God by Dana07620
The BBC adaptation for I, Claudius has Herod as a frequent character. The book didn't have Herod but I understand they took that bit from Claudius the God possibly.
johnnypanics t1_iuhlhq5 wrote
Reply to comment by lordoftheborg in I, Claudius vs. Claudius the God by Dana07620
I'm currently reading I, Claudius and it's just one of those books you can't put down. To think I'd initially tossed it cause "I couldn't get into it".
Reading the book and watching the BBC series concurrently makes for the best experience IMO.
johnnypanics t1_iucm34n wrote
Reply to comment by Jake_Titicaca in About Catch 22 by Icy-Advertising-6699
There there
johnnypanics t1_j4q7iag wrote
Reply to comment by ahkna in Why don’t I, as a woman, like books with female protagonists? by out_cyder
Yes exactly my thoughts, generalising all female characters/female authors to the point where you're just lumping them in a single genre to like/dislike comes from a spot of internalised misogyny. (Not saying OP is sexist, but society ingraines prejudices in us so.)