The inimitable Fr Z has a great post going on the best first sentences of books.
Which reminded me of a story I remember from years back: the students were taught that the best openings of stories should contain as many as possible of the key elements of dramatic fiction: religion, sex, mystery, a person of rank...
So one student crafted the perfect first line:
'My God!,' cried the Duchess, 'I'm pregnant! I wonder whodunnit?'
Unfortunately as it's apocryphal, I can't post it in Fr Z's comments - so I put it here instead. Fewer readers, but I strive for quality not quantity...
So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!
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A while back in 2023, Voyager 1, which set out in 1977 to fly by the outer
planets and then head off into the void, stopped sending usable data. I
did a ...
11 hours ago
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