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DocCarms, to bookstodon
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There was a poll that stated—Rowling’s opening line in the HP series is one of best in the world. Someone posted about how there are a bunch of other opening statements that are better.

Here’s one of my personal favorites, from Gabriel Garcia Marquez (English translated):
“It is inevitable. The scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love.”

What are some of your favorite opening lines in literature? 😊
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@DocCarms @bookstodon IMO, the first line of ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE tops even that.

MirrorAyako, to allstartrek
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9/12: Starting at 8PM Eastern, we live toot Star Trek episodes playing on the H&I network, using the hashtag . If you don’t get the H&I station, you can also stream. Join our group @allstartrek for updates!

Excellent line up tonight. I have to showcase creepy Garak because he gives out great serial killer vibes.

TOS (8ET): Court Martial
TNG (9ET): The Mind’s Eye
DS9 (10ET): Empok Nor
VOY (11ET): Renaissance Man
ENT (midnight): Storm Front, Part 2

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@MirrorAyako @allstartrek Why is there not an all-Star Trek network yet?

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@socprof @MirrorAyako @allstartrek I didn’t know that!

But I have seen channels devoted exclusively to other series. I think I saw a Midsomer Murders channel when I was in Scotland last summer.

GottaLaff, to random
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“A far-right figure who is involved in a secretive invitation-only fraternal organization, whose founder has spoken of being at war with the US government, is also part-owner of an ammunition company that has contracts with the federal government and law enforcement, the Guardian can reveal.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/13/far-right-nate-fischer-ammunition-us-government-contract?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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@GottaLaff “He is also stoking the culture war and pitching his wares to would-be vigilantes whom he hopes will turn on the government,” which she wrote is “altogether consistent with the Claremont Institute worldview, which is constantly fretting about civic disunity and the perils of multiculturalism, while at the same time actively stoking the flames of the culture war”.

HippieScubaSteve, to allstartrek
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@allstartrek This is a fun and weird episode.

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@HippieScubaSteve @allstartrek Theodore Sturgeon, as weird a writer as the genre produced.

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Closed today & tomorrow. Back on Saturday! Here's a bit of what I've been working on...

The "Dangerous Visions" series, created and edited by the late Harlan Ellison, is highly acclaimed in speculative fiction circles and includes short stories by some of the greatest names in fantasy & sci-fi history. The first was published in 1971, "Again..." in 1972, and a third, titled "Last Dangerous Visions" was planned for 1973, but remains unpublished to date, 50 years later.

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@BonnettsBooks @bookstodon They had quite an impact on me back in the day. I wonder how they hold up now.

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@billyjoebowers @BonnettsBooks @bookstodon I'm lucky my teachers and parents did not know what was going on in science fiction at the time.

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@BonnettsBooks @peachfront @bookstodon He's a fave. I recently reread BABEL-17, which has one of my favorite characters in all of sf.

There's a really good profile of Delaney recently in The New Yorker. I think it's a freebie:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/07/10/samuel-r-delany-profile

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@BonnettsBooks @peachfront @bookstodon We lose a lot of good short-story writers when they graduate to novels, but of course, "Aye, and Gomorrah" from DV is a classic.

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@peachfront @BonnettsBooks @bookstodon The hard-science crowd didn't like him, but what was THEIR solution to radiation damage in outer space, I ask you?

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@BonnettsBooks @peachfront @bookstodon He demands and rewards close attention, that's for sure.

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@DarkMatterZine @BonnettsBooks @peachfront @bookstodon I only followed the first season of HIGH CASTLE. The first few episodes were great but it just veered away too much from what I liked about the book.

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@BonnettsBooks @DarkMatterZine @peachfront @bookstodon Those novels are great, but my personal favorite is THE THREE STIGMATA OF PALMER ELDRITCH. I think it’s terrifying.

Oh, and there’s a Barbie angle too (I’m not kidding).

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@BonnettsBooks @peachfront @bookstodon I love PKD but he can be very uneven. He wrote so much so fast. OTOH, some novels that he wrote in a hurry are a lot of fun. I don’t think anybody would number THE ZAP GUN as one of his best, but I can’t think about it without smiling, it is so insane.

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@andreaslindholm @BonnettsBooks @peachfront @bookstodon An early one but a good one, if memory serves.

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@peachfront @BonnettsBooks @DarkMatterZine @bookstodon The thing about PKD, I think, is this: It’s fairly easy to find flaws in his work, but he puts so much of his soul and personality into it. Something that can’t be dissected and can never be duplicated.

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@crafty_crow @agt @bookstodon Same. And some indie bookstores get a cut if you order through them.

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@jkirkendall @bookstodon I got a Kobo and usually shop for ebooks through @changinghands

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