Book Beginnings on Friday is a meme hosted by Gilion at Rose City Reader. Anyone can participate; just share the opening sentence of your current read, making sure that you include the title and author so others know what you're reading.
Some background: My son raided my shelves several months ago and has been returning the books a few at a time. One of the books was Steel Beach by John Varley. It is a book I picked up used, put on the shelf and never read. When he returned it he told me to read the first sentence, that it was a real eye catcher. What do you think?"In five years, the penis will be obsolete," said the salesman."
"He paused to let this planet-shattering information sink into our amazed brains. Personally, I didn't know how many more wonders I could absorb before lunch."
Is this sci-fi? Dystopian? It sounds like it could be funny. That opening is definitely thought provoking! I'd read more just to find out why.
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That's quite a teaser!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like sci-fi to me. Quite a unique opening!
ReplyDeleteOh my! That would catch your attention, for sure.
ReplyDeleteThanks for participating in BBOF! Here's to another new year of good books and happy reading!
Should be interesting.
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Thanks for sharing.
Elizabeth
Silver's Reviews
My Book Beginnings
Oh dear, wonder what the man was selling?! Hope your son wasn't too shaken! ;)
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That beginning WOULD definitely make me want to keep reading! Thanks for sharing!
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