"The Second Book of Memorable First Sentences From Books That Don't Exist" - Page 7

doubleshuffle · 09-21-2013, 02:22 AM

I am pleased that you want to hear about it, and the first thing you will probably want to know is where I was born, and what my wonderful childhood was like, and how my parents were occuppied before they welcomed me into their lives, and more information in the fashion Mr. Dickens provided so admirably in his David Copperfield, and I will be only too happy to oblige.

doubleshuffle · 09-21-2013, 02:26 AM

The sky above the port was the colour of a newspaper, faded to illegibility.

Dr. Drib · 09-21-2013, 10:07 AM

She had the kind of face that looked good on a manikin, so that’s where I placed it.

Dr. Drib

Dr. Drib · 09-21-2013, 10:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bilbo1967

That's rubbish. I wouldn't carry on reading any book that had that as its first sentence.

I'm just now understanding this!

(Please go back to post #10 for the reference.)

Don

gmw · 09-21-2013, 10:25 AM

He was never a handsome man, they said he had a face for radio, but it wouldn't fit, so I put it through the television instead - now he can star on "The Walking Dead".

Dr. Drib · 09-22-2013, 11:56 AM

As the killer turtle advanced purposefully toward me, its evil eyes shining with malevolent blood-lust, I realized with mounting horror that I had only 5 hours to turn around and walk away.

Dr. Drib

doubleshuffle · 09-23-2013, 03:19 AM

The family of Ewing had been long settled at Southfork.

crich70 · 09-23-2013, 04:18 AM

A lone man, bent with the weight of many years, sat on a chair outside the simple mud hut that he'd called home for most of his adult life and waited for he knew not what.

doubleshuffle · 09-23-2013, 07:07 AM

She had a face that could stop a clog, which helped her to an illustrious career in some obscure Dutch sport.

Dr. Drib · 09-23-2013, 09:08 AM

Oh, ye writers! We know who you are!

The last living writer in the world sat down at his computer and started WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS, only to realize with mounting horror that either the floppy disk drive on his Osborne portable computer had gone bad or that CP/M was no longer the most current operating system.

Dr. Drib

Dr. Drib · 09-23-2013, 09:09 AM

Shark infestation be damned, thought Hardwick, as he swam toward his foot.

Dr. Drib

VydorScope · 09-23-2013, 09:11 AM

Some of these are really good... if they were the first sentence in the book I would definitely read on! Others... not so much LOL

Hitch · 09-23-2013, 09:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

As the killer turtle advanced purposefully toward me, its evil eyes shining with malevolent blood-lust, I realized with mounting horror that I had only 5 hours to turn around and walk away.

Dr. Drib

I think that this is my favorite.

Hitch

Greg Anos · 09-23-2013, 09:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hitch

I think that this is my favorite.

Hitch

"Welcome to the wienie roast!" - Red Adair

Greg Anos · 09-23-2013, 09:51 PM

As he gazed upon the Pearly Gates, he came to the conclusion that there had to have been a more elegant was of getting there, other than having a cookie explode in his mouth.

09-23-2013, 09:08 AM	#100
Dr. Drib Grand Sorcerer Posts: 45,614 Karma: 60184181 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Peru Device: KINDLE: Oasis 3, Scribe (1st), Matcha; KOBO: Libra 2, Libra Colour	Oh, ye writers! We know who you are! The last living writer in the world sat down at his computer and started WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS, only to realize with mounting horror that either the floppy disk drive on his Osborne portable computer had gone bad or that CP/M was no longer the most current operating system. Dr. Drib Last edited by Dr. Drib; 09-23-2013 at 09:10 AM.

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09-21-2013, 02:22 AM	#91
doubleshuffle Unicycle Daredevil Posts: 13,944 Karma: 185432100 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Planet of the Pudding Brains Device: Aura HD (R.I.P. After six years the USB socket died.) tolino shine 3	I am pleased that you want to hear about it, and the first thing you will probably want to know is where I was born, and what my wonderful childhood was like, and how my parents were occuppied before they welcomed me into their lives, and more information in the fashion Mr. Dickens provided so admirably in his David Copperfield, and I will be only too happy to oblige.

09-21-2013, 02:26 AM	#92
doubleshuffle Unicycle Daredevil Posts: 13,944 Karma: 185432100 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Planet of the Pudding Brains Device: Aura HD (R.I.P. After six years the USB socket died.) tolino shine 3	The sky above the port was the colour of a newspaper, faded to illegibility.

09-21-2013, 10:07 AM	#93
Dr. Drib Grand Sorcerer Posts: 45,614 Karma: 60184181 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Peru Device: KINDLE: Oasis 3, Scribe (1st), Matcha; KOBO: Libra 2, Libra Colour	She had the kind of face that looked good on a manikin, so that’s where I placed it. Dr. Drib

09-21-2013, 10:25 AM	#95
gmw cacoethes scribendi Posts: 5,818 Karma: 137770742 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Aura One & H2Ov2, Sony PRS-650	He was never a handsome man, they said he had a face for radio, but it wouldn't fit, so I put it through the television instead - now he can star on "The Walking Dead".

09-22-2013, 11:56 AM	#96
Dr. Drib Grand Sorcerer Posts: 45,614 Karma: 60184181 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Peru Device: KINDLE: Oasis 3, Scribe (1st), Matcha; KOBO: Libra 2, Libra Colour	As the killer turtle advanced purposefully toward me, its evil eyes shining with malevolent blood-lust, I realized with mounting horror that I had only 5 hours to turn around and walk away. Dr. Drib

09-23-2013, 03:19 AM	#97
doubleshuffle Unicycle Daredevil Posts: 13,944 Karma: 185432100 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Planet of the Pudding Brains Device: Aura HD (R.I.P. After six years the USB socket died.) tolino shine 3	The family of Ewing had been long settled at Southfork.

09-23-2013, 04:18 AM	#98
crich70 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,310 Karma: 43993832 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Monroe Wisconsin Device: K3, Kindle Paperwhite, Calibre, and Mobipocket for Pc (netbook)	A lone man, bent with the weight of many years, sat on a chair outside the simple mud hut that he'd called home for most of his adult life and waited for he knew not what.

09-23-2013, 07:07 AM	#99
doubleshuffle Unicycle Daredevil Posts: 13,944 Karma: 185432100 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Planet of the Pudding Brains Device: Aura HD (R.I.P. After six years the USB socket died.) tolino shine 3	She had a face that could stop a clog, which helped her to an illustrious career in some obscure Dutch sport.

09-23-2013, 09:09 AM	#101
Dr. Drib Grand Sorcerer Posts: 45,614 Karma: 60184181 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Peru Device: KINDLE: Oasis 3, Scribe (1st), Matcha; KOBO: Libra 2, Libra Colour	Shark infestation be damned, thought Hardwick, as he swam toward his foot. Dr. Drib

09-23-2013, 09:11 AM	#102
VydorScope Wizard Posts: 3,418 Karma: 35207650 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: iPad	Some of these are really good... if they were the first sentence in the book I would definitely read on! Others... not so much LOL

09-23-2013, 09:51 PM	#105
Greg Anos Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,546 Karma: 37057604 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Pocketbook	As he gazed upon the Pearly Gates, he came to the conclusion that there had to have been a more elegant was of getting there, other than having a cookie explode in his mouth.