First Line(s)-Game. - Page 5

Imladris · 05-31-2002, 02:04 PM

Correct!

sun-star · 06-01-2002, 01:49 PM

OK then:

"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there."

***Khamûl*** · 06-05-2002, 10:46 PM

Perhaps a hint?

sun-star · 06-06-2002, 02:45 PM

It's set in 1900 and is told through the eyes of a 13-year-old boy. Hope that helps!

***Khamûl*** · 06-06-2002, 11:24 PM

The Go-Between by LP Hartley?

sun-star · 06-09-2002, 10:41 AM

Correct! Well done!

***Khamûl*** · 06-15-2002, 05:48 PM

Sorry that this reply took so long, but I've been away for a week.

Here's a new first line: "Ryan was nearly killed twice in half an hour."

It's from one of my favorite books.

FrodoFriend · 06-16-2002, 01:13 AM

Patriot Games by Tom Clancy, right?

I remember because my friend and I read that together in school, and we both freaked out when we read that. Jack Ryan, nearly killed? NOOO!

Anyway, how about this:

"What's it going to be then, eh?"

***Khamûl*** · 06-17-2002, 12:12 AM

Right! It is Patriot Games.

***Khamûl*** · 06-21-2002, 12:02 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by FrodoFriend
"What's it going to be then, eh?"

Is it "A Clockwork Orange" by Anthony Burgess?

Imladris · 07-21-2002, 03:42 AM

I've just checked, it is A Clockwork Orange. You go Khamul.

***Khamûl*** · 07-21-2002, 05:34 PM

Right then.

I don't think that this one will be very hard.

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

sun-star · 07-23-2002, 05:34 AM

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's (or Sorcerer's, if you prefer

) Stone, by J.K. Rowling.

sun-star · 07-23-2002, 05:38 AM

I know I'm right, so:

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

***azalea*** · 07-23-2002, 10:12 PM

1984, George Orwell.

"There was no possibility of taking a walk that day."

***azalea*** · 07-25-2002, 08:16 PM

Okay, I'll give a hint. The title has 2 words. Another hint soon if no one guesses.

***Khamûl*** · 07-26-2002, 12:09 AM

Is it Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte?

***azalea*** · 07-26-2002, 12:42 PM

Correct!

***Khamûl*** · 07-26-2002, 01:53 PM

Yay!

"The year 1866 was signalised by a remarkable incident, a mysterious and puzzling phenomenon, which doubtless no one has yet forgotten."

sun-star · 08-03-2002, 11:21 AM

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, by Jules Verne.

This is evidence of a complete failure of imagination on my part

:

'When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton'.

05-31-2002, 02:04 PM	#81
Imladris Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 146	Correct! __________________ "A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent."

06-01-2002, 01:49 PM	#82
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	OK then: "The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there." __________________ 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.

06-05-2002, 10:46 PM	#83
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	Perhaps a hint? __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

06-06-2002, 02:45 PM	#84
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	It's set in 1900 and is told through the eyes of a 13-year-old boy. Hope that helps! __________________ 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.

06-06-2002, 11:24 PM	#85
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	The Go-Between by LP Hartley? __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

06-09-2002, 10:41 AM	#86
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	Correct! 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.

06-15-2002, 05:48 PM	#87
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	Sorry that this reply took so long, but I've been away for a week. Here's a new first line: "Ryan was nearly killed twice in half an hour." It's from one of my favorite books. __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

06-16-2002, 01:13 AM	#88
FrodoFriend Halfwitted Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Eryn Vorn Posts: 1,659	Patriot Games by Tom Clancy, right? I remember because my friend and I read that together in school, and we both freaked out when we read that. Jack Ryan, nearly killed? NOOO! Anyway, how about this: "What's it going to be then, eh?" __________________ Fingolfin lives! ... in my finger! The Crossroads of Arda - Warning. Halfwit content. Not appropriate for people with IQ of over 18. The Fellowship of the Message Board Nyáréonié - The Tale of Tears

06-17-2002, 12:12 AM	#89
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	Right! It is Patriot Games. __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

07-21-2002, 03:42 AM	#91
Imladris Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 146	I've just checked, it is A Clockwork Orange. You go Khamul. __________________ "A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent."

07-21-2002, 05:34 PM	#92
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	Right then. I don't think that this one will be very hard. "Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much." __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

07-23-2002, 05:34 AM	#93
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's (or Sorcerer's, if you prefer ) Stone, by J.K. Rowling. __________________ 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.

07-23-2002, 05:38 AM	#94
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	I know I'm right, so: "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen." __________________ 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.

07-23-2002, 10:12 PM	#95
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	1984, George Orwell. "There was no possibility of taking a walk that day."

07-25-2002, 08:16 PM	#96
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	Okay, I'll give a hint. The title has 2 words. Another hint soon if no one guesses.

07-26-2002, 12:09 AM	#97
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	Is it Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte? __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

07-26-2002, 12:42 PM	#98
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	Correct!

07-26-2002, 01:53 PM	#99
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	Yay! "The year 1866 was signalised by a remarkable incident, a mysterious and puzzling phenomenon, which doubtless no one has yet forgotten." __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

08-03-2002, 11:21 AM	#100
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, by Jules Verne. This is evidence of a complete failure of imagination on my part : 'When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton'. __________________ 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.

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