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A Literary Meme
Feb. 3rd, 2003 04:52 pmA literary meme borrowed from ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
anotherjen, ceo, and tigerbright.
My favorite author for interesting opening lines is Cordwainer Smith. His book Norstrallia begins with:
The story is simple. There was a boy who bought the planet Earth. We know that, to our cost. It only happened once, and we have taken pains to make sure it will never happen again. He came to Earth, got what he wanted, and got away alive, in a series of remarkable adventures. That's the story
[...]
He gets away.
He got away. See that's the story. Now you don't have to read the read it.
Except for the details.
They follow.
anotherjen, ceo, and tigerbright.My favorite author for interesting opening lines is Cordwainer Smith. His book Norstrallia begins with:
The story is simple. There was a boy who bought the planet Earth. We know that, to our cost. It only happened once, and we have taken pains to make sure it will never happen again. He came to Earth, got what he wanted, and got away alive, in a series of remarkable adventures. That's the story
[...]
He gets away.
He got away. See that's the story. Now you don't have to read the read it.
Except for the details.
They follow.
