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My favorite opening lines that I didn't see yet are:
Kafka's "Metamorphosis"
Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina"
And, Gibson's "Neuromancer"
I especially like that line in Neuromancer because at the time he wrote it, his audience would've understood he meant TV snow. Meaning the sky was overcast, giving a gloomy mood. But younger people now will think of that featureless blue that modern TVs use, which indicates a beautiful cloudless day. Totally different mood!
Young people today will be puzzled by the TV scenes in Poltergeist as well. Time and tech marches on...
absolute classic, came here to post it.
Went into this comment section with Kafkas "Metamorphosis" in mind, I love the opening, the whole story is genius and to this day perfectly describes large parts of German society.
All three quotes are great, how you can captivate a reader just with one sentence, all three do this perfectly.