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perzephone) wrote2004-07-15 12:19 pm
perzephone) wrote2004-07-15 12:19 pm
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Opening Lines
Two of my favorite lines in literature:
Watership Down by Richard Adams: "The primroses were over." It has nice continuity because it's also how he opens the last chapter, when Elahrairah comes for Hazel.
I can't remember the name of the derned story, maybe "The Dunwich Horror"? (Ah, of course, it's "The Rats in the Walls". Duh.) Anyway, it's by H.P. Lovecraft: "From the sound of it, there are some huge rats in the walls." Stephen King borrowed a little from Lovecraft for "Jerusalem's Lot", a short story in the Night Shift collection. Love it.
Watership Down by Richard Adams: "The primroses were over." It has nice continuity because it's also how he opens the last chapter, when Elahrairah comes for Hazel.
I can't remember the name of the derned story, maybe "The Dunwich Horror"? (Ah, of course, it's "The Rats in the Walls". Duh.) Anyway, it's by H.P. Lovecraft: "From the sound of it, there are some huge rats in the walls." Stephen King borrowed a little from Lovecraft for "Jerusalem's Lot", a short story in the Night Shift collection. Love it.