Guess the book from the opening line

[fizzestothetop]

Ooh, I wanna play! Here’s my three.

“One thing was certain, that the white kitten had had nothing to do with it;-- it was the black kitten’s fault entirely.”

“There are two reasons why a writer would end a sentence with the word “stop” written entirely in capital letters STOP.”

“Once when I was six years old I saw a magnificent picture in a book, called True Stories from Nature, about a primeval forest.”

Am I the only one surprised that no one has used “Call me Ishmael” yet, or is that one just too obvious?

[Shodan]

It’s too obvious. Moby Dick

quote:

Originally posted by Shodan
It was not long after dawn, when the captain of HMS frigate Lydia came up on deck.

Horatio Hornblower

Close, but the name of the novel is Beat to Quarters.
Regards,
Shodan

Oh yes, and “It is a truth universally acknowledged…” is Pride and Prejudice. Jane Austen rocks.

[Robot_Arm]

Oh, I forgot one of the all-time classics:

“Where’s Papa going with that axe?”

[Ranchoth]

*Originally posted by mcms_cricket *
**“Gene Cernan was having the time of his life.”

I think this is
Back to the Moon …?**

Jahwol!

*Originally posted by Frankd6 *
**Ranchoth is that The White Mountains by John Christoper?
**

It is! My favorite book…Gads, I thought I was the only one who’d ever heard of it.

“DESCRIBE, USING DIAGRAMS WHERE APPROPRIATE, THE EXACT CIRCUMSTANCES LEADING TO YOUR DEATH.”

“There are some parts of space where even the huma heart, eternally optimistic, finds it hard to feel itself welcome.”

“The parking lot stretched away to the north, cheerless and vacant.”

[Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew]

*Originally posted by fizzestothetop *
**“One thing was certain, that the white kitten had had nothing to do with it;-- it was the black kitten’s fault entirely.”
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Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll

[lee]

*Originally posted by fizzestothetop *
**Ooh, I wanna play! Here’s my three.

“One thing was certain, that the white kitten had had nothing to do with it;-- it was the black kitten’s fault entirely.”

“Call me Ishmael” yet, or is that one just too obvious? **

Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll

Moby Dick, by Heman Melville
“This time there would be no witnesses.”

“For something to exist, it has to be observed.”

[SkeptiJess]

“Call me Ishmael” yet, or is that one just too obvious?

Pretty obvious. How about, “Call me Isabel,” instead?

[Fiat_Lux]

*Originally posted by Ranchoth *
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“DESCRIBE, USING DIAGRAMS WHERE APPROPRIATE, THE EXACT CIRCUMSTANCES LEADING TO YOUR DEATH.”

**

Red Dwarf, by Grant Naylor

[Loneraven]

*Originally posted by fizzestothetop *
"Once when I was six years old I saw a magnificent picture in a book, called True Stories from Nature, about a primeval forest."

Not sure, but is it The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Expuery?

And “Where’s Papa going with that axe?” is Charlotte’s Web.

[fizzestothetop]

The first and third are indeed Through the Looking Glass and The Little Prince.
I’ve reading a lot of children’s books lately.

Anybody got any ideas about the second one?

Jeez the only one I’ve been able to guess correctly is Charlotte’s Web and somebody already posted it before me.

[asterion]

*Originally posted by The Man With The Golden Gun *
**“They called him Moshe the Beadle, as though he had never had a surname in his life.” **

Oliver Twist, right? (I wouldn’t really know, as I don’t like Dickens and read Twist because I was forced to.)

[Robot_Arm]

*Originally posted by Loneraven *
And “Where’s Papa going with that axe?” is Charlotte’s Web.

Correct. And isn’t that just the best start to a children’s book ever.

[Tapioca_Dextrin]

*Originally posted by lee *
**

“This time there would be no witnesses.”

“For something to exist, it has to be observed.” **

The first one is Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency.

Are you sure about that second quote? If your’re thinking of Terry Paratchett’s Thief of Time, someone stole the first few paragraphs out of your book.

[Ludo]

Here we go:

1. “The beet is the most intense of vegetables”

2. “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God, and the Word was God”

[Tapioca_Dextrin]

*Originally posted by Ludo *
**Here we go:

“The beet is the most intense of vegetables”

**

Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins

[koeeoaddi]

*Originally posted by Jess *
**Pretty obvious. How about, “Call me Isabel,” instead? **

That would be When Sisterhood Was in Flower, by Florence King.

How about:

“Captain Ahab was neither my first husband nor my last…”

[DeVena]

*Originally posted by koeeoaddi *
**“Captain Ahab was neither my first husband nor my last…” **

Ahab’s Wife by Sena Naslund
how about this?

"For many days we had been tempest-tossed. "

[MonkeyMensch]

*Originally posted by Ludo *
**Here we go:

2. “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” **

Or in Latin:

In principio erat verbum…

The Gospel according to St. John. A terrific beginning, even if you don’t believe.

[Fiat_Lux]

How about this arresting opening:

‘If you’re going to read this, don’t bother’

[Tapioca_Dextrin]

*Originally posted by DeVena *
**how about this?

"For many days we had been tempest-tossed. " **

Space, I mean Swiss Family Robinson