|
Well, I love first lines and don't know that I can pick just one but one of the more unusual I love is from Dhalgren by Samuel R Delany
"To wound the autumnal city." - Dhalgren.
others:
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times... Tale of Two Cities
A screaming comes across the sky - Gravity's Rainbow
Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. - Anna Karenina
The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel. - Neuromancer
....
|