What Are Your 10 Favorite Fantasy and Science-Fiction Literary Opening Lines of All Time? (Choose up to 10) (Poll Closed)
It can hardly be a coincidence that no language on earth has ever produced the expression "As pretty as an airport. — The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul, Douglas Adams
5%
(56 votes)
The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel. —Neuromancer, William Gibson
6%
(61 votes)
It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. —1984, George Orwell
6%
(68 votes)
All this happened, more or less. — Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
5%
(56 votes)
It was a pleasure to burn. — Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
7%
(79 votes)
You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings. —Frankenstein, Mary Shelley
3%
(28 votes)
This is my favorite book in all the world, though I have never read it. — The Princess Bride, William Goldman
7%
(79 votes)
If you are interested in stories with happy endings, you would be better off reading some other book. — A Series of Unfortunate Events, Lemony Snicket, Daniel Handler
5%
(50 votes)
On those cloudy days, Robert Neville was never sure when sunset came, and sometimes they were in the streets before he could get back. — I am Legend, Richard Matheson
1%
(9 votes)
"I see…" said the vampire thoughtful, and slowly walked across the room towards the window. — Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice
1%
(15 votes)
Rorschach's Journal. October 12th, 1985: Dog Carcass in the alley this morning, tire tread on burst stomach. This city is afraid of me. I have seen its true face. — Watchmen, Allan Moore
4%
(42 votes)
A merry little surge of electricity piped by automatic alarm from the mood organ beside his bed awakened Rick Deckard. — Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, Phillip K. Dick
2%
(24 votes)
The story so far: In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move. —The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Douglas Adam
11%
(122 votes)
The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed. —The Gunslinger, Stephen King.
4%
(49 votes)
In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. —The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien
11%
(125 votes)
Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice. — Gabriel García Márquez, One Hundred Years
2%
(26 votes)
It was time to whip the god. —The God Engines, J. Scalzi
1%
(8 votes)
Call me Ishmael. —Moby Dick, Herman Melville
5%
(59 votes)
When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced he that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton. —
7%
(72 votes)
As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. —Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka
4%
(48 votes)
My mother was the village whore, and I loved her very much. —The Unexpected Dragon, Mary Brown
1%
(10 votes)
It was a bright, defrosted, pussy willow day at the onset of spring, and the newlyweds were driving cross-country in a large roast turkey. —Skinny Legs and All, Tom Robbins
1%
(6 votes)
You bitch! You killed me! You suck! — You Suck: A Love Story, Christopher Moore
1%
(8 votes)
Total Votes: 1,100
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