got this idea from
herself_nyc
Jan. 26th, 2003 06:45 pmSomewhat hampered by my not having every favorite book available...
First lines of favorite books:
The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.
--The Gunslinger, Stephen King (1st of the Dark Tower books)
Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun.
--The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
"I've watched through his eyes, I've listened through his ears, and I tell you he's the one. Or at least as close as we're going to get."
--Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card
It was seven o'clock of a very warm evening in the Seeonee Hills when Father Wolf woke up from his day's rest, scratched himself, yawned, and spread out his paws one after the other to get rid of the sleepy feeling in their tips.
--The Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling
It was a pleasure to burn.
--FAHRENHEIT 451, Ray Bradbury
In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.
--The Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkien
The great gray beast of February had eaten Harvey Swick alive.
--The Thief of Always, Clive Barker
First lines of favorite books:
The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.
--The Gunslinger, Stephen King (1st of the Dark Tower books)
Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun.
--The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
"I've watched through his eyes, I've listened through his ears, and I tell you he's the one. Or at least as close as we're going to get."
--Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card
It was seven o'clock of a very warm evening in the Seeonee Hills when Father Wolf woke up from his day's rest, scratched himself, yawned, and spread out his paws one after the other to get rid of the sleepy feeling in their tips.
--The Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling
It was a pleasure to burn.
--FAHRENHEIT 451, Ray Bradbury
In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.
--The Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkien
The great gray beast of February had eaten Harvey Swick alive.
--The Thief of Always, Clive Barker