Unforgettable Opening Paragraphs

Post by **danlo** » Tue Jan 28, 2003 1:05 am

So has any1 quessed L-Fairy's ? (or is it that we all now it's the Princess Bride and refuse 2 say so...

Post by **The Leper Fairy** » Wed Jan 29, 2003 4:32 am

YAY DANLO!!!

Post by **The Leper Fairy** » Thu Jan 30, 2003 12:44 am

Nice quote Bird and Bear! I love it!!! (It's from the princess bride!) AHAHAHA!!! How cool!

Post by **danlo** » Thu Jan 30, 2003 2:24 am

C, she knew, just refused 2 say so....

Post by **Ryzel** » Mon Feb 17, 2003 8:26 pm

I had clean forgotten about this one until I just happened to check it again right now. Just to set matters straight. The two quotes you see above from me is from Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, as somebody guessed, and from Nobody's Son by Sean Stewart.

Post by **Earthblood** » Sat Jun 07, 2003 3:54 am

Here's a sci-fi one for ya...
"When they pulled her out, she didn't even cry."

Post by **Ageless Stranger** » Sat Jun 07, 2003 4:14 am

mine would have to be from stephen kings dark tower series, book one, the gunslinger: "The man in black fled across the desert and the gunslinger followed." got me pretty fast

Post by **FizbansTalking_Hat** » Thu Jun 24, 2004 1:35 pm

Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny

"It is said that fifty-three years after his liberation he returned from the Golden Cloud, to take up once again the gauntlet of Heaven, to oppose the Order of Life and the gods who ordained it so."

Post by **danlo** » Thu Jun 24, 2004 4:10 pm

Earthy! Is yours from Rosemary's Baby?

Post by **Cate** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 4:02 am

"Once upon a time there was a Martian named Valentine Michael Smith."

Post by **Sorus** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 6:01 pm

From the unlikely peace of Tanelorn, out of Bas'lk and Nishvalni-Oss, from Valederia, ever Eastward runs the White Wolf of Melniboné, howling his red and hideous song, to relish the sweetness of a bloodletting... - The Revenge of the Rose

Post by **Lord Mhoram** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 6:10 pm

"I, Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus This-that-and-the-other (for I shall not trouble you yet with all my titles) who was once, and not so long ago either, known to my friends and relatives and associates as "Claudius the Idiot," or "That Claudius," or "Claudius the Stammerer," or "Clau-Clau-Claudius," am now about to write this strange hisotry of my life; starting from my earliest childhood and continuing year by year until I reach the fateful point of change where, some eight years ago, at the age of fifty-one, I suddenly found myself caught in what I may call the 'golden predicament' from which I have never become disentagled." - Robert Graves, "I, Claudius"

Post by **danlo** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 7:55 pm

Now that I think about it, and now that you've re-upped this thread Earthy's may refer to Alia in Dune Messhia...

Post by **Edge** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 8:01 pm

The best remedy for a bruised heart is not, as so many people seem to think, repose upon a manly bosom. Much more efficacious are honest work, physical activity, and the sudden acquisition of wealth.

- Dorothy Sayers, 'Have His Carcase'

Post by **Alynna Lis Eachann** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 1:58 am

Anyone want to take a crack at these? Three of my personal favorites:

1.

All of this happened, more or less. The war parts, anyway, are pretty much true. One guy I knew really was shot in Dresden for taking a teapot that wasn't his. Another guy I knew really did threaten to have hid personal enemies killed by hired gunmen after the war. And so on. I've changed all the names.

2.

There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills. These hills are grass-covered and rolling, and they are lovely beyond any singing of it. The road climbs seven miles into them, to Carisbrooke; and from there, if there is no mist, you look down on one of the fairest valleys in Africa.

3.

Someone had written 'godforsaken' between 'Welcome to' and 'Caithness' on the road sign. When he saw the emendation, the surveyor almost smiled.

'Tourists, I expect,' said the archeologist disapprovingly. She had decided that the Highlands were authentic and good; therefore, any malice towards them must have proceeded from uncomprehending outsiders.

Post by **Sorus** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 2:02 am

The first one is Slaughterhouse-Five...

Post by **danlo** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 2:11 am

Second is Out of Africa?

Post by **Alynna Lis Eachann** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 6:51 pm

The first is, indeed, Slaughterhouse-Five. The Second is Alan Paton's Cry, The Beloved Country. The third is Tom Holt's Who's Afraid of Beowulf?

Post by **kevinswatch** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 3:13 am

Alynna Lis Eachann wrote:The third is Tom Holt's Who's Afraid of Beowulf?

Oh yeaaaaah....Heh. I remember you forcing me to read that book back in high school. I thought that intro sounded familiar. I don't know if I remember it too well anymore. I need a reminder. For some reason "Vikings" are coming to mind. Am I close at all?

What was that other book you showed me in high school? Something about monkeys, and buses, and Judas? Heh.

I should read those things again sometime. I could use a break from Runes.

-jay

Post by **Alynna Lis Eachann** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 4:04 am

Yeah, definitely Vikings... and seagulls. There were some seagulls. Also, Esso tokens.

kevinswatch wrote: What was that other book you showed me in high school? Something about monkeys, and buses, and Judas?

Er...

Oh... Waiting for the Galactic Bus, maybe? I never did get around to reading that. Still have it here, somewhere. I didn't know Judas was in that.

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Unforgettable Opening Paragraphs