First Paragraph - CrimeSpace2024-03-29T12:29:23Zhttps://crimespace.ning.com/forum/topics/537324:Topic:81555?commentId=537324%3AComment%3A94090&feed=yes&xn_auth=no"They're still talking about…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-01-06:537324:Comment:1115852008-01-06T16:22:44.368ZDennis Leppanenhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/TheWarbler
"They're still talking about this one down on Gallatin Street. Honey Boutrille was sitting at the piano for his regular man, who was down with the drip, hitting all the wrong keys because he couldn't read a note and had no ear (although he was convinced he did), when a customer from the West End mutilated one of Honey's whores in the back room of the House of Rest for Weary Boatmen. This much was agreed upon by witnesses. What followed is still in dispute as to some details.<br />
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<i>Black Powder,…</i>
"They're still talking about this one down on Gallatin Street. Honey Boutrille was sitting at the piano for his regular man, who was down with the drip, hitting all the wrong keys because he couldn't read a note and had no ear (although he was convinced he did), when a customer from the West End mutilated one of Honey's whores in the back room of the House of Rest for Weary Boatmen. This much was agreed upon by witnesses. What followed is still in dispute as to some details.<br />
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<i>Black Powder, White Smoke,</i> Loren D. Estleman "The sky had gone black at su…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-12-27:537324:Comment:1079852007-12-27T03:27:29.127ZJude Hardinhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/festus
"The sky had gone black at sunset, and the storm had churned inland from the Gulf and drenched New Iberia and littered East Main with leaves and tree branches from the long canopy of oaks that covered the street from the old brick post office to the drawbridge over Bayou Teche at the edge of town. The air was cool now, laced with light rain, heavy with the smell of wet humus, night-blooming jasmine, roses, and new bamboo. I was about to stop my truck at Del’s and pick up three crawfish dinners…
"The sky had gone black at sunset, and the storm had churned inland from the Gulf and drenched New Iberia and littered East Main with leaves and tree branches from the long canopy of oaks that covered the street from the old brick post office to the drawbridge over Bayou Teche at the edge of town. The air was cool now, laced with light rain, heavy with the smell of wet humus, night-blooming jasmine, roses, and new bamboo. I was about to stop my truck at Del’s and pick up three crawfish dinners to go when a lavender Cadillac fishtailed out of a side street, caromed off a curb, bounced a hubcap up on a sidewalk, and left long serpentine lines of tire prints through the glazed pools of yellow light from the street lamps."<br />
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<i>In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead</i>, James Lee Burke As good an opening as there's…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-12-27:537324:Comment:1079472007-12-27T00:14:49.361ZJackBludishttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JackBludis
As good an opening as there's every been. I'd like to have a nickel for every time it's been quoted.
As good an opening as there's every been. I'd like to have a nickel for every time it's been quoted. It was about eleven o'clock i…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-12-26:537324:Comment:1078272007-12-26T17:24:44.390ZJack Getzehttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JGetze
It was about eleven o'clock in the morning, mid October, with the sun not shining and a look of hard wet rain in the clearness of the foothills. I was wearing my powder-blue suit, with dark blue shirt, tie and display handkerchief, black brogues, black wool socks with dark blue clocks on them. I was neat, clean, shaved and sober, and I didn't care who knew it. I was everything the well-dressed private detective ought to be. I was calling on four million dollars.<br />
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The Big Sleep, Raymond Chandler
It was about eleven o'clock in the morning, mid October, with the sun not shining and a look of hard wet rain in the clearness of the foothills. I was wearing my powder-blue suit, with dark blue shirt, tie and display handkerchief, black brogues, black wool socks with dark blue clocks on them. I was neat, clean, shaved and sober, and I didn't care who knew it. I was everything the well-dressed private detective ought to be. I was calling on four million dollars.<br />
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The Big Sleep, Raymond Chandler I'm currently reading Terry P…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-12-16:537324:Comment:1047922007-12-16T11:50:19.805ZTanjahttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Tanja
I'm currently reading Terry Pratchett's Hogfather so I'll give you two paragraphs, the first one and the one on the next page.<br />
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Everything must start somewhere, although many physicists disagree.<br />
But people have always been dimly aware of the problem with the start of things. They wonder aloud how the snowplough driver gets to work, or how the makers of dictionaries look up the spelling of the words. Yet there is the constant desire to find some point in the twisting, knotting, ravelling nets…
I'm currently reading Terry Pratchett's Hogfather so I'll give you two paragraphs, the first one and the one on the next page.<br />
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Everything must start somewhere, although many physicists disagree.<br />
But people have always been dimly aware of the problem with the start of things. They wonder aloud how the snowplough driver gets to work, or how the makers of dictionaries look up the spelling of the words. Yet there is the constant desire to find some point in the twisting, knotting, ravelling nets of space-time on which metaphorical finger can be put to indicate that here, <i>here</i>, is the point where it all began...<br />
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The senior wizards of Unseen University stood and looked at the door. There was no doubt that whoever had shut it wanted it to stay shut. Dozens of nails secured it to the door frame. Planks had been nailed right across. And finally it had, up until this morning, been hidden by a bookcase that had been put in front of it.<br />
'And there's the sign, Ricdully', said the Dean. 'You <i>have</i> read it, I assume. You know? The sign which says "Do not under any circumstances, open this door"?'<br />
'Of course I've read it', said Ridcully. 'Why d'yer think I want it opened?'<br />
'Er... why?' said the Lecturer in Recent Runes.<br />
'To see why they wanted it shut, of course.' [there's a footnote in this place saying: This exchange contains almost all you need to know about human civilization. At least, those bits of it that are now under sea, fenced off, or still smoking.]<br />
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I hope it makes you wanna read it... it's very funny. But I'm new around here, and I don't know who reads what, so I'm just gonna say, if you haven't read this one or any other Pratchett's book then I suggest reading some books that come before this one (those are even funnier) because that way some things will have more sense. From SHUTTER ISLAND, by Denni…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-12-04:537324:Comment:1004452007-12-04T05:15:28.709ZJackBludishttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JackBludis
From SHUTTER ISLAND, by Dennis Lehane:<br />
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I haven't laid eyes on the island in several years. The last time was from a friend's boat that ventured into the outer harbor, and I could see it off in the distance, past the inner ring, shrouded in the summer haze, a careless smudge of paint against the sky.<br />
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Yo, Donna. That rat thing is pretty cool.)<br />
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Jack
From SHUTTER ISLAND, by Dennis Lehane:<br />
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I haven't laid eyes on the island in several years. The last time was from a friend's boat that ventured into the outer harbor, and I could see it off in the distance, past the inner ring, shrouded in the summer haze, a careless smudge of paint against the sky.<br />
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Yo, Donna. That rat thing is pretty cool.)<br />
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Jack This is the first paragraph o…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-12-02:537324:Comment:997452007-12-02T15:28:32.670ZLarry Deiberthttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/LarryDeibert
This is the first paragraph of my book, Requiem For A Vampire.<br />
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Her eyes fluttered open. How long had she been asleep? Unconscious? Dead? She felt dead, for although her senses seemed to be more finely tuned than ever before in her life, Lani could not feel her heart beating. She felt so cold, not only on the outside, but also throughout her inner being. Every nerve ending tingled with cold.
This is the first paragraph of my book, Requiem For A Vampire.<br />
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Her eyes fluttered open. How long had she been asleep? Unconscious? Dead? She felt dead, for although her senses seemed to be more finely tuned than ever before in her life, Lani could not feel her heart beating. She felt so cold, not only on the outside, but also throughout her inner being. Every nerve ending tingled with cold. "Every April my mother used t…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-11-17:537324:Comment:940902007-11-17T01:21:59.566ZKaryn J. Powershttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/karyning
"Every April my mother used to host her own version of the traditional Passove seder. A mishmash of Hebrew, Yiddish, English and Russian, it involved all mom's old union pals-Jews, Christians, Muslims, and pagans- who'd give rapid fire thanks for the release of the ancient Hebrews from Egyptian bondage, and then launch into pre-chicken soup tirades against General Motors, J. Edgar Hoover, and the FBI. I grew up thinking they were part of the religion."<br />
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Linda Barnes' character, Carlotta Carlyle…
"Every April my mother used to host her own version of the traditional Passove seder. A mishmash of Hebrew, Yiddish, English and Russian, it involved all mom's old union pals-Jews, Christians, Muslims, and pagans- who'd give rapid fire thanks for the release of the ancient Hebrews from Egyptian bondage, and then launch into pre-chicken soup tirades against General Motors, J. Edgar Hoover, and the FBI. I grew up thinking they were part of the religion."<br />
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Linda Barnes' character, Carlotta Carlyle in <u>Snap Shot</u> That one I like a lot.tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-10-16:537324:Comment:819672007-10-16T14:12:52.162ZI. J. Parkerhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Ingpark
That one I like a lot.
That one I like a lot. Daniel, I'm kind, you can hav…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-10-16:537324:Comment:818702007-10-16T05:11:48.861ZDonna Moorehttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/DonnaMoore
Daniel, I'm kind, you can have 2 paragraphs :o)
Daniel, I'm kind, you can have 2 paragraphs :o)