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How to Be an Incipit
- photochemsyn 5y agoA few more: "The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.” Neuromancer, William Gibson "In the week before their departure to Arrakis, when all the final scurrying about had reached a nearly unbearable frenzy, an old crone came to visit the mother of the boy, Paul." Dune, Frank Herbert
- flobosg 5y agoRelated – “What Makes a Great Opening Line?”[1], discussed here[2]. [1]: https://lithub.com/what-makes-a-great-opening-line/ https://lithub.com/what-makes-a-great-opening-line/ [2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30631725 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30631725
- goldenkey 5y agoAnother: "The clock struck twelve when a boom echoed throughout the olden province. The ragged clocktower rattled and creaked but continued to stand. Its aged wooden hands blustered with embers and bent into a hexed configuration, as if to say that doomsday had just arrived. Their country's war had just ended but their own war was just beginning. They had no idea." - Stefan Gladdusberg
- isitmadeofglass 5y ago“It was a nice day.” Neil Gaiman,Terry Pratchett, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch