« Presbyterians at Play |
Main
| More Fun With Islamic Presbyterian Rage Boy »
June 29, 2007
Great Opening Lines
This NPR story on great opening lines to hook the younger set got me thinking. I laughed at the very last book:
The Narnia books by C.S. Lewis are so popular already that I only want to mention that the first line of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is one of those classic sentences that, once heard, stick in your head forever:"There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it."
Now, THAT'S a classic. Anyone care to contribute their favorites from the bookshelves?
Or, better yet ~ as we once did in a fiction exercise ~ write your own.
Posted by tree hugging sister at June 29, 2007 06:11 PM
Comments
"It was love at first sight"
Posted by: Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life at June 29, 2007 06:16 PM
"It was a dark and stormy night."
Posted by: Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life at June 29, 2007 06:19 PM
"Me, I just muddled along."
That was the last sentence in an opening paragraph of an old favorite book of mine. Doesn't exactly fit your criteria, but close enough says I!
Posted by: The_Real_JeffS at June 29, 2007 06:23 PM
That's dandy, Jeff! Somewhere in the opening paragraph is close enough.
Posted by: tree hugging sister at June 29, 2007 06:26 PM
"Saigon. Shit! I'm still in Saigon"
Ok, so it was a movie.
Sue me.
Posted by: Mr. Bingley at June 29, 2007 06:32 PM
Have another drink, Bingley.
Posted by: tree hugging sister at June 29, 2007 07:09 PM
The bottle's empty...shit!
I'd best open anothr.
Posted by: Mr. Bingley at June 29, 2007 09:14 PM
An thennothr ana nothr
Posted by: Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life at June 29, 2007 09:55 PM
'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...'
Posted by: Bruce at June 30, 2007 11:55 PM
"Marley was dead - that, to begin with."
and
"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit."
Posted by: nightfly at July 2, 2007 10:36 AM