Category: Great Opening Lines

Great Opening Lines – and Why! (March 2025’s Great Opening Lines)

I wrote in Great Opening Lines – and Why! (Part 3 – Some Great Opening Lines) that I’d share more great opening lines as I found them.

My last entry in this category was November 2024’s Great Opening Lines – and Why! (Nov 2024’s Great Opening Lines) which covered

This entry in the Great Opening Lines – And Why! posts is Kafkaish. I read The Complete Stories and Parables, and what I’d read about his work is true; either you accept his first line – which sometimes is amazing – or you don’t. If you don’t, read something else. If you do, you’re in. Here are some examples:
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Great Opening Lines – and Why! (Nov 2024’s Great Opening Lines)

I wrote in Great Opening Lines – and Why! (Part 3 – Some Great Opening Lines) that I’d share more great opening lines as I found them.

My last entry in this category was December 2023’s Great Opening Lines – and Why! (December 2023’s Great Opening Lines) which covered Hal Clement’s‘s Hot Planet. This entry in the Great Opening Lines – And Why! posts is a threefer:

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Great Opening Lines – and Why! (December 2023’s Great Opening Lines)

I wrote in Great Opening Lines – and Why! (Part 3 – Some Great Opening Lines) that I’d share more great opening lines as I found them.

My last entry in this category was August 2023’s Great Opening Lines – and Why! (August 2023’s Great Opening Lines) which covered Angela Panayotopulos‘ The Wake Up. This entry in the Great Opening Lines – And Why! posts is Hal Clement‘s Hot Planet.
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Great Opening Lines – and Why! (August 2023’s Great Opening Lines)

I wrote in Great Opening Lines – and Why! (Part 3 – Some Great Opening Lines) that I’d share more great opening lines as I found them.

My last entry in this category was January 2023’s Great Opening Lines – and Why! (January 2023’s Great Opening Lines) which covered Lidia Yuknavitch’s‘s The Chronology of Water. This entry in the Great Opening Lines – And Why! posts is Angela Panayotopulos‘ The Wake Up.
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Great Opening Lines – and Why! (January 2023’s Great Opening Lines)

I wrote in Great Opening Lines – and Why! (Part 3 – Some Great Opening Lines) that I’d share more great opening lines as I found them.

My last entry in this category was October 2022’s Great Opening Lines – and Why! (October 2022’s Great Opening Lines) which covered Linda Koerber’s Coyote’s Road Trip. This entry in the Great Opening Lines – And Why! posts is Lidia Yuknavitch’s‘s The Chronology of Water.
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