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[PUZZLE] #111 - Green - Opening Lines
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kksweety
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 		[PUZZLE] #111 - Green - Opening Lines
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Sometimes the opening line to a book is so powerful and moving it stays with you long after you've finished the final page. That's true for some but certainly not all of the examples below. Can you name the nine books in question?

A
All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

B
Call me Ishmael.

C
It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents- except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness.

D
Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.

E
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.

F
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.

G
The sky above the port was the colour of television, tuned to a dead channel.

H
A few miles south of Soledad, the Salinas River drops in close to the hillside bank and runs deep and green.

I
I write this sitting in the kitchen sink.

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Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say they were perfectly normal, thank you very much


woo harry potter! by default (since its the only one of em i *havent* got) it's
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harry potter and the philosopher's stone by JK Rowling.
Unless they've got a sneak peek of the new one (4 days left!) which i somehow doubt...

i vaguely recognise the 'it was the best of times, it was the worst of times' but i think thats probably more through other people referencing/parodying it than anything else, no idea where it originally comes from and i think i'll lay off the google til someone better read people than me have had a chance :)

rach =)

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 		A. All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

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Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy


B. "Call me Ishmael."
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Moby Dick by Herman Melville


C. It was a dark and stormy night;...
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Paul Clifford by Edward George Bulwer-Lytton


D. Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.

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Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone, by J.K. Rowling


E. "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife"

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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen


F. "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times ....."
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A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens


G. The sky above the port was the colour of television, tuned to a dead channel.
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need i say more?
Neuromancer by W. Gibson. legendary Very Happy



H. A few miles south of Soledad, the Salinas River drops in close to the hillside bank and runs deep and green.

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Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck


I. "I write this sitting in the kitchen sink."

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I capture the Castle by Dodie Smith


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 		too late
Dude I know all of these -- but was too late. All of these sentences are so famous that it was Red Card easy.

This makes me think there is more to it than that. How about you?
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 		i know Wink fairly easy to know/find.

and hmm, there could be more yes, for a green it seems a little easy. we dont have much to work with

maybe:

Quote:

finished the final page


is a hint we need to match up the openings with something on the final pages of each of those books.. not sure where/how that takes us to anything

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 		I Capture the Castle is a little more obscure in the US...but I loved that book.

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 		films
Am i correct that Neuromancer is the only one that hasnt been filmed yet?

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 		totally off topic but my favourite opening line of any book is

"It was the day my grandmother exploded." from Iain Banks, The Crow Road
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 		Re: films
newone wrote:
Am i correct that Neuromancer is the only one that hasnt been filmed yet?


I don't believe Paul Clifford has been, unless it's under a completely different title.

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tanner wrote:
totally off topic but my favourite opening line of any book is

"It was the day my grandmother exploded." from Iain Banks, The Crow Road
Very Happy


Seconded... Razz
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 		The Day My Grandmother Exploded is the name of my next band
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 		Careful with your punctuation on D; copying and pasting firefox's answer won't work.

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It should have an apostrophe:

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone


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Seej wrote:
Careful with your punctuation on D; copying and pasting firefox's answer won't work.

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It should have an apostrophe:

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone


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It worked for me with "Sorcerer's"

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 		Has anyone any idea why it won't accept my answers?
I've know they are all spelt right but it locked me out. I've put the apostrophe in but it just won't take them!
Do we have to put the author in as well?

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ezmo wrote:
Has anyone any idea why it won't accept my answers?
I've know they are all spelt right but it locked me out. I've put the apostrophe in but it just won't take them!
Do we have to put the author in as well?

Not unless you post the answers you're entering so we can *see* what's wrong.
And, no, they *only* want the title of the books, not the authors.
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