Bina
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Post by Bina on Apr 16, 2007 13:48:22 GMT -5
That would be so much work but I´d love to see the outcome.
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Kristie
Novel turned into BBC miniseries
"If a book is well written, I always find it too short."
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Post by Kristie on Apr 20, 2007 15:42:20 GMT -5
Haha, I know it would be hard. Especially because books are different (first and third person sometimes) so that could be hard to arrange. But it would be interesting lol First I have to acquire all the first lines from books I've read (I have about half lol)
Anyways...this would grab my attention: "I am staring into the face of a cobra." ~A Great and Terrible Beauty
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Paige
Collection of short stories bought by Random House
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Post by Paige on Apr 26, 2007 17:25:22 GMT -5
i stumbled across this site today people.cornell.edu/pages/jad22/it has different categories that you go into and there are lots of first lines from books. you can guess what book it's from and then check your answer. it was just kinda fun to see how many i recognized. and it also got me interested in some books that have amazing first lines. |
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Isa
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Post by Isa on Apr 26, 2007 19:58:07 GMT -5
That's a fun site, thanks for the link!
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rosemint
Collection of short stories published by an independent editor
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Post by rosemint on Apr 27, 2007 8:02:56 GMT -5
Yes, great site!! thanx for sharing  |
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sagedautumn
Collection of short stories bought by Random House
You Might Need This!
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Post by sagedautumn on Apr 27, 2007 15:20:07 GMT -5
I had fun!!
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Demirel
First short story featured in regional newspaper
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Post by Demirel on Apr 28, 2007 2:12:36 GMT -5
Definitely a cool site!
"Afterward, he tried to reduce it to abstract terms, an accident in a world of accidents, the collision of opposing forces - the bumper of his car and the frail scrambling hunched-over form of a dark little man with a wild look in his eye - but he wasn't very succesful." (The Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle)
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Post by caffeinequeen on Apr 29, 2007 13:26:04 GMT -5
I loved all the ones you guys have mentioned already, but I really love this one from Mrs Dalloway: Mrs Dalloway said that she would buy the flowers herself. Haha, it's so simple and to the point. Pure perfection.  |
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Lu
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Post by Lu on May 1, 2007 16:18:09 GMT -5
Another pretty simple, from "A moveable feast": Then there was the bad weather.First line from "The baron in the trees" by Italo Calvino: It was on the fifteenth of June, 1767, that Cosimo Rovasco di Rondò, my brother, sat among us for the last time. And it might have been today, I remember it so clearlyI love many of the quote you have already mentioned. |
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sagedautumn
Collection of short stories bought by Random House
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Post by sagedautumn on May 1, 2007 17:19:26 GMT -5
I just finished A Farewell to Arms so:
"In the late summer of that year we lived in a house in a village that looked across the river and the plain to the mountains." (Hemingway 1).
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Kristie
Novel turned into BBC miniseries
"If a book is well written, I always find it too short."
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Post by Kristie on May 6, 2007 14:42:21 GMT -5
Haha, I'm a little late, but pixiedust, that page was really fun! Nice to be able to guess and find the answer
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Maggie!
First piece published in the school’s newspaper
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Post by Maggie! on May 21, 2007 19:53:21 GMT -5
i loved the first line from special topics in calamity physics, i don't have my book with me at the cafe, but i would write it!
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Maggie!
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Post by Maggie! on May 21, 2007 19:54:58 GMT -5
I'll add another pretty obvious one. Anna Karenina: "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." I love that one too! i've borrowed that book from the library so many times, and i decided it was time to own it! |
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Kristie
Novel turned into BBC miniseries
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Post by Kristie on May 22, 2007 15:01:59 GMT -5
The first line from Special Topics in Calamity Physics is "Before I tell you about Hannah Schneider's death, I'll tell you about my mother's."
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Maggie!
First piece published in the school’s newspaper
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Post by Maggie! on May 22, 2007 21:15:17 GMT -5
haha thanks kristie
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