This may be too hard to play for a sustained amount of time, but I thought it would be fun for the bibliophiles among us (and I hope that's all of us) to play a game with great first sentences in famous or not-so famous novels.
I'll post the first one (an easy one, I don't have too many of these memorized) and then the next person post that novel's title and author. Then that person gives us a new opening line and the game continues. If no one can guess the response, that person can supply the answer and suggest a new line.
I'm kind of hoping that this proves educational to those of us still struggling to capture the essence of a great first sentence.
Ok here goes.
"Call me Ishmael."
What's the book? Who wrote it?
I'll post the first one (an easy one, I don't have too many of these memorized) and then the next person post that novel's title and author. Then that person gives us a new opening line and the game continues. If no one can guess the response, that person can supply the answer and suggest a new line.
I'm kind of hoping that this proves educational to those of us still struggling to capture the essence of a great first sentence.
Ok here goes.
"Call me Ishmael."
What's the book? Who wrote it?