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.”
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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
@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”.
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 in 1972, and a third, titled "Last Dangerous Visions" was planned for 1973, but remains unpublished to date, 50 years later.
@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.
@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?
@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.
@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.