Comments on: robert mccrum | the 10 best first lines in fiction http://poetrydispatch.wordpress.com/2012/04/30/robert-mccrum-the-10-best-first-lines-in-fiction/ Norbert Blei's Poetry Dispatch and other Notes from the Underground. “We live to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospection,” said Anaїs Nin. Fri, 17 May 2013 23:30:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Pamela Herriman http://poetrydispatch.wordpress.com/2012/04/30/robert-mccrum-the-10-best-first-lines-in-fiction/#comment-4926 Wed, 20 Jun 2012 17:37:12 +0000 http://poetrydispatch.wordpress.com/?p=5162#comment-4926 Marie I would like to give you my email. Please contact me if you wish to contact this old friend. Pam Herriman

]]> By: Eileen Newman http://poetrydispatch.wordpress.com/2012/04/30/robert-mccrum-the-10-best-first-lines-in-fiction/#comment-4040 Sat, 05 May 2012 15:03:38 +0000 http://poetrydispatch.wordpress.com/?p=5162#comment-4040 “Because I am an officer and a gentleman, they have given me my notebooks, pen, ink and paper”

The opening lines to Jennifer Johnston’s “How Many Miles to Babylon” immediately seem ominous. We know that a dreadful fate awaits the narrator. He goes on to tell us that he is committed to no cause and loves no “living person”, which again intrigues us. He then tells us that he has no future except what you can count in hours.

]]> By: First line « The Floating Library http://poetrydispatch.wordpress.com/2012/04/30/robert-mccrum-the-10-best-first-lines-in-fiction/#comment-4008 Wed, 02 May 2012 03:54:31 +0000 http://poetrydispatch.wordpress.com/?p=5162#comment-4008 [...] George Bulwer-Lytton, Paul Clifford (1830) (post inspiration) Rate this: Share this:EmailFacebookTwitterStumbleUponDiggRedditPrintLike this:LikeBe the first to [...]

]]> By: Mike http://poetrydispatch.wordpress.com/2012/04/30/robert-mccrum-the-10-best-first-lines-in-fiction/#comment-4006 Tue, 01 May 2012 19:31:58 +0000 http://poetrydispatch.wordpress.com/?p=5162#comment-4006 I have to add one from the wonderful and tragic British author, Ann Quin; the first line of her first novel, Berg, is:

“A man called Berg, who changed his name to Greb, came to a seaside town intending to kill his father . . .”

Who can resist that? For more on Ann Quin visit http://wp.me/p1mTHK-NQ .

]]> By: Beverly Penn http://poetrydispatch.wordpress.com/2012/04/30/robert-mccrum-the-10-best-first-lines-in-fiction/#comment-4005 Tue, 01 May 2012 18:09:05 +0000 http://poetrydispatch.wordpress.com/?p=5162#comment-4005 Reblogged this on To a dusty shelf we aspire.

]]> By: Laura Mercorillo http://poetrydispatch.wordpress.com/2012/04/30/robert-mccrum-the-10-best-first-lines-in-fiction/#comment-4001 Tue, 01 May 2012 06:05:50 +0000 http://poetrydispatch.wordpress.com/?p=5162#comment-4001 Reblogged this on L'ombelico di Svesda.

]]> By: nicolepyles http://poetrydispatch.wordpress.com/2012/04/30/robert-mccrum-the-10-best-first-lines-in-fiction/#comment-3999 Tue, 01 May 2012 02:29:49 +0000 http://poetrydispatch.wordpress.com/?p=5162#comment-3999 Great list! I’m glad you added Moby Dick and Tale of Two Cities! By far, my favorites!

]]> By: Marie Skrobot http://poetrydispatch.wordpress.com/2012/04/30/robert-mccrum-the-10-best-first-lines-in-fiction/#comment-3995 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:31:44 +0000 http://poetrydispatch.wordpress.com/?p=5162#comment-3995 YES! Lolita! My favorite first line…and book..

]]> By: epochron@aol.com http://poetrydispatch.wordpress.com/2012/04/30/robert-mccrum-the-10-best-first-lines-in-fiction/#comment-3994 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:42:21 +0000 http://poetrydispatch.wordpress.com/?p=5162#comment-3994 The opening line to The Secret History is intriguing enough to send me straight to my kindle, grazie N

]]> By: jackiella http://poetrydispatch.wordpress.com/2012/04/30/robert-mccrum-the-10-best-first-lines-in-fiction/#comment-3993 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:16:59 +0000 http://poetrydispatch.wordpress.com/?p=5162#comment-3993 So now, I’ll have to reread all the above being tempted by the outstanding openings. Thanks, Norb.

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