Originally Posted By kyle2me Ok, this one should be pretty easy... "The May 23rd issue of People magazine was pretty typical."
Originally Posted By kyle2me My apologies. That was the incorrect first line for the novel. That's what I get for trying to do this late at night. Try this one instead: "ONCE UPON A TIME, not so long ago, a monster came to the small town of Castle Rock, Maine."
Originally Posted By kyle2me Well, I'll narrow it down. He used his real name (instead of one of his pseudonyms) to write this one.
Originally Posted By GGGF Yes! "In the year 1878 I took my degree of Doctor of Medicine of the University of London to go through the course prescribed for surgeons in the army."
Originally Posted By basil fan A Study In Scarlet, the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes. I respectfully yield my turn to the first taker, as I will be on vacation for the next week. Great Mouse Detective <a href="http://www15.brinkster.com/wtstsgalor/basil/bakerst.html" target="_blank">http://www15.brinkster.com/wts tsgalor/basil/bakerst.html</a>
Originally Posted By GGGF That was quick, man do my questions seem to get solved fast! Correct, your turn.
Originally Posted By sandcrab This is a "gimme", but I like it so much that I'll post it anyway: "I, Horace Rumpole, barrister at law, 68 next birthday, Old Bailey Hack, husband to Mrs. Hilda Rumpole (known to me only as She Who Must Be Obeyed) and father to Nicholas Rumpole (lecturer in social studies at the University of Baltimore, I have always been extremely proud of Nick); I, who have a mind full of old murders, legal anecdotes and memorable fragments of the Oxford Book of English Verse (Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch's edition)together with a dependable knowledge of bloodstains, blood groups, fingerprints, and forgery by typewriter; I, who am now the oldest member of my Chambers, take up my pen at this advanced age during a lull in business (there's not much crime about, all the best villains seem to be off on holiday in the Costa Brava), in order to write my reconstructions of some of my recent triumphs (including a number of recent disasters) in the Courts of Law, hoping thereby to turn a bob or two which won't be immediately grabbed by the taxman, or my clerk Hernry, or by She Who Must Be Obeyed, and perhaps give some sort of entertainment to those who, like myself, have found in the British justice a life-long subject of harmless fun." (whew) These are such wonderful books.
Originally Posted By sandcrab ...but if that one's too easy or just too long, here's another: "A is for Amy who fell down the stairs."
