I've been told I can't guess because of my unfair advantage (I brought Morgan the books from the shelf). Instead, here are five opening passages from my favorite books. Have fun guessing.
1. Fraser adjusted his spectacles to the angle which he knew would produce the effect of prim stupidity he favoured most.
2. "She may not seem dangerous," the nurse said. Her shoes resounded heavily through the lit hallway.
3. It's a port city. Here fumes rust the sky, the General thought. Industrial gases flushed the evening with oranges, salmons, purples with too much red.
4. In an alley of the silent Pennelton compound in Lammintown, a man waited, his hands tucked into his sleeves against the night's chill.
5. She was a soft-spoken, dark-haired, small-boned woman, not even coming up to their shoulders, like a kind of dwarf or miniature.
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(Glaurung joins the game)
Date: 2005-04-08 05:41 am (UTC)1. Fraser adjusted his spectacles to the angle which he knew would produce the effect of prim stupidity he favoured most.
2. "She may not seem dangerous," the nurse said. Her shoes resounded heavily through the lit hallway.
3. It's a port city. Here fumes rust the sky, the General thought. Industrial gases flushed the evening with oranges, salmons, purples with too much red.
4. In an alley of the silent Pennelton compound in Lammintown, a man waited, his hands tucked into his sleeves against the night's chill.
5. She was a soft-spoken, dark-haired, small-boned woman, not even coming up to their shoulders, like a kind of dwarf or miniature.
-- Glaurung