First Line(s)-Game. - Page 6

Starr Polish · 08-03-2002, 12:40 PM

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, JRR Tolkien

"It was almost December, and Jonas was beginning to be frightened."

Lucy Brandybuck · 08-03-2002, 03:14 PM

The Giver by Lois Lowry

Lucy Brandybuck · 08-03-2002, 03:22 PM

The Giver by Lois Lowry

Lucy Brandybuck · 08-03-2002, 03:28 PM

sorry..I had trouble thinking of one. Try this one.

"The boy with fair hair lowered himself down the last few feet of rock and began to pick his way toward the lagoon."

Treebeard's apprentice · 08-03-2002, 07:00 PM

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

By the way, I didn't like Lord of the Flies.
Here's the first line of a book I really, REALLY don't like:

"The Nellie , a cruising yawl, swung to her anchor without a flutter of the sails, and was at rest."

Good Luck!

Lucy Brandybuck · 08-04-2002, 12:28 AM

Good job Treebeard's apprentice! I can't quite place yours though....

Starr Polish · 08-04-2002, 11:28 AM

I'm going to take a wild guess and say The Adventures of Charlotte Doyle, by...Ava? Ave? Can't remember teh author's exact name.

Treebeard's apprentice · 08-04-2002, 03:39 PM

Sorry Starr Polish, keep guessing.

Lucy Brandybuck · 08-04-2002, 04:39 PM

I still have no idea....but I do know...

Quote:

Originally posted by Starr Polish
I'm going to take a wild guess and say The Adventures of Charlotte Doyle, by...Ava? Ave? Can't remember teh author's exact name.

Avi wrote The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle.

Celandine · 08-06-2002, 02:06 PM

The Tru Confessions of Charlotte Doyle is an interesting book.

Lucy Brandybuck · 08-09-2002, 08:10 PM

I believe the quote in question comes from The Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad....just took me a while to figure it out.

Treebeard's apprentice · 08-12-2002, 08:37 PM

Heart of Darkness is right.

Your turn Lucy

Lucy Brandybuck · 08-12-2002, 11:25 PM

This one may be a little difficult...

.Right here and now, as an old friend used to say, we are in the fluid present, where clear-sightedness never guarantees perfect vision.

Good luck!

Shadowfax · 08-13-2002, 03:30 AM

Black House by Stephen King & Peter Straub?

Here's mine:

"It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen."

Lucy Brandybuck · 08-13-2002, 10:07 AM

Nice job, Shadowfax!

Willow Oran · 08-13-2002, 11:52 PM

It's from 1984 by George Orwell. And it had already been used.

"Here is Edward Bear, coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin."

sun-star · 08-21-2002, 01:48 PM

Winnie the Pooh (is that the full title?) by A.A. Milne.

From my current favourite book:
"If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it."

***azalea*** · 08-22-2002, 08:54 PM

Wild guess: Catcher in the Rye?

sun-star · 08-23-2002, 12:17 PM

Yes, well done

***azalea*** · 08-23-2002, 07:58 PM

The author being J.D. Salinger.

"Marley was dead, to begin with."

A pretty easy one.

08-03-2002, 12:40 PM	#101
Starr Polish Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Slow down and I sail on the river, slow down and I walk to the hill Posts: 2,389	Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, JRR Tolkien "It was almost December, and Jonas was beginning to be frightened." __________________ “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.” –Bertrand Russell

08-03-2002, 03:14 PM	#102
Lucy Brandybuck Hobbit Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 18	The Giver by Lois Lowry __________________ Follow the way of love. --1 Corinthians 14:1

08-03-2002, 03:22 PM	#103
Lucy Brandybuck Hobbit Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 18	The Giver by Lois Lowry __________________ Follow the way of love. --1 Corinthians 14:1

08-03-2002, 03:28 PM	#104
Lucy Brandybuck Hobbit Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 18	sorry..I had trouble thinking of one. Try this one. "The boy with fair hair lowered himself down the last few feet of rock and began to pick his way toward the lagoon." __________________ Follow the way of love. --1 Corinthians 14:1

08-04-2002, 12:28 AM	#106
Lucy Brandybuck Hobbit Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 18	Good job Treebeard's apprentice! I can't quite place yours though.... __________________ Follow the way of love. --1 Corinthians 14:1

08-03-2002, 07:00 PM	#105
Treebeard's apprentice Elven Warrior Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Wherever I may roam Posts: 207	Lord of the Flies by William Golding By the way, I didn't like Lord of the Flies. Here's the first line of a book I really, REALLY don't like: "The Nellie , a cruising yawl, swung to her anchor without a flutter of the sails, and was at rest." Good Luck!

08-04-2002, 11:28 AM	#107
Starr Polish Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Slow down and I sail on the river, slow down and I walk to the hill Posts: 2,389	I'm going to take a wild guess and say The Adventures of Charlotte Doyle, by...Ava? Ave? Can't remember teh author's exact name. __________________ “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.” –Bertrand Russell

08-04-2002, 03:39 PM	#108
Treebeard's apprentice Elven Warrior Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Wherever I may roam Posts: 207	Sorry Starr Polish, keep guessing.

08-06-2002, 02:06 PM	#110
Celandine Elven Warrior Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Seattle Posts: 168	The Tru Confessions of Charlotte Doyle is an interesting book.

08-09-2002, 08:10 PM	#111
Lucy Brandybuck Hobbit Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 18	I believe the quote in question comes from The Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad....just took me a while to figure it out. __________________ Follow the way of love. --1 Corinthians 14:1

08-12-2002, 08:37 PM	#112
Treebeard's apprentice Elven Warrior Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Wherever I may roam Posts: 207	Heart of Darkness is right. Your turn Lucy

08-12-2002, 11:25 PM	#113
Lucy Brandybuck Hobbit Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 18	This one may be a little difficult... .Right here and now, as an old friend used to say, we are in the fluid present, where clear-sightedness never guarantees perfect vision. Good luck! __________________ Follow the way of love. --1 Corinthians 14:1

08-13-2002, 03:30 AM	#114
Shadowfax The Fleet-Footed Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: British Columbia Posts: 913	Black House by Stephen King & Peter Straub? Here's mine: "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen." __________________ Jesus saved me "To remain ignorant of things that happened before you were born is to remain a child" (Cicero, 106-43 B.C.) "Art is a lie which makes us realize the truth" (Picasso) Last edited by Shadowfax : 08-13-2002 at 04:40 PM.

08-13-2002, 10:07 AM	#115
Lucy Brandybuck Hobbit Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 18	Nice job, Shadowfax! __________________ Follow the way of love. --1 Corinthians 14:1

08-13-2002, 11:52 PM	#116
Willow Oran Deus Ex Machina Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Seattle Posts: 1,951	It's from 1984 by George Orwell. And it had already been used. "Here is Edward Bear, coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin." __________________ "5. Plain Rings with RUNES on the inside. Avoid these like the PLAGUE. -Diana Wynne Jones Tough Guide To FantasyLand ...it's not much of a show if somebody doesn't suffer, and preferably at length. Suffering is beautiful in any case, and so is anguish; but as for loathing, and bitterness... I don't think they belong on the stage at all. - Isabella, I Gelosi Last edited by Willow Oran : 08-14-2002 at 12:18 AM.

08-21-2002, 01:48 PM	#117
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	Winnie the Pooh (is that the full title?) by A.A. Milne. From my current favourite book: "If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it." __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

08-22-2002, 08:54 PM	#118
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	Wild guess: Catcher in the Rye?

08-23-2002, 12:17 PM	#119
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	Yes, well done __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

08-23-2002, 07:58 PM	#120
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	The author being J.D. Salinger. "Marley was dead, to begin with." A pretty easy one.

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