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What other great opening lines do you know?. (lemmy.world)
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[–] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 53 points 2 days ago (3 children)

My favorite opening lines that I didn't see yet are:

Kafka's "Metamorphosis"

“When Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from troubled dreams, he found himself changed into a monstrous cockroach in his bed”

Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina"

“Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”

And, Gibson's "Neuromancer"

"The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel."

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

And, Gibson’s “Neuromancer”

“The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.”

absolute classic, came here to post it.

[–] klemptor@startrek.website 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I especially like that line in Neuromancer because at the time he wrote it, his audience would've understood he meant TV snow. Meaning the sky was overcast, giving a gloomy mood. But younger people now will think of that featureless blue that modern TVs use, which indicates a beautiful cloudless day. Totally different mood!

[–] ReluctantMuskrat@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

Young people today will be puzzled by the TV scenes in Poltergeist as well. Time and tech marches on...

[–] Lupus@feddit.org 5 points 2 days ago

Went into this comment section with Kafkas "Metamorphosis" in mind, I love the opening, the whole story is genius and to this day perfectly describes large parts of German society.

All three quotes are great, how you can captivate a reader just with one sentence, all three do this perfectly.