“Late in the night, high above the Atlantic Ocean in the long, open stretch between Brazil and Africa, an airliner encountered rough weather.”
It’s about robots.
Is this The Wild Robot, by Peter Brown?
“The man from Earth came to a decision.”
The Currents of Space by Isaac Asimov
“It was dawn, and the zombies were stumbling through the parking lot, streaming toward the massive beige box at the far end.”
– Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix.
Our Robots, Ourselves: Robotics and the Myths of Autonomy, by David A. Mindell.
I just started it and I was inspired to find this thread because the first sentence is so evocative for a non-fiction book. And because I’m actually, finally reading about robots.
I asked because the opening sentence of The Wild Robot is also about a storm at sea. Although I believe The Wild Robot starts on a ship, not an airplane.
Anything can happen, Will Dando thought.
- The Oracle Year, by Charles Soule
A dull first sentence for what is so far a very interesting book.
Sharks swirled around me, waiting only for the scent of blood to attack.
----Bloodline by Jordan L Hawk
Alfred Russel Wallace stood on the quarterdeck of a burning ship, seven hundred miles off the coast of Bermuda, the planks heating beneath his feet, yellow smoke curling up through the cracks.
The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession , and The Natural History Heist of the Century By Kirk Wallace Johnson.
" Major Piquart to see the Minister of War…" , An Officer and a Spy, by Robert Harris. An historical novel about the Dreyfus affaire.
Archangel wasn’t available, and I read a couple of mystery novels in between the Harris offerings.
“I tossed my backpack in a corner of the studio and high-fived Rodney on his way out.”
Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn
Even when I’m doing something enjoyable, it seems death and destruction lurk nearby.
- Jackrabbit Smile, by Joe R. Lansdale
“I could have become a mass murderer after I hacked my governor module, but then I realized I could access the combined feed of entertainment channels carried on the company satellites.”
All Systems Red, by Martha Wells
“When the city of Ember was just built and not yet inhabited, the chief builder and the assistant builder, both of them weary, sat down to speak of the future.”
The City of Ember, by Jeanne DuPrau
" At the southern tip of Fifth Avenue in the heart of Greenwich Village since the leafy oasis known as Washington Square. "
Bellevue, by David Oshinsky. A non-fiction historical accounting of the infamous New York Hospital going back to the 1700s.
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“Morning, Jeeves”, I said.
- The Inimitable Jeeves, P.G. Wodehouse
“Our story begins in a city, with buildings and streets and bridges and parks.”
The Wild Robot Escapes, by Peter Brown
“Chances are, if you are reading this, your heart is broken.”
Grieving a beginner’s guide, by Jerusha Hull McCormack
“Brenda was six when she fell out of the apple tree.”
– The Executioner’s Song, by Norman Mailer
“God was rising in the west, and this time the sun was down–only lately, a few clouds were still red above the eastern treetops, against purple dusk; but over the hours the light had waned, until it was little more than an echo of what now swung above Lake Silence–so that His pale glory stood clear to be adored.”
World Without Stars, by Poul Anderson
“This is a story about a wise man named Milo.”
- Reincarnation Blues, by Michael Poore