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[–] 34 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Well, not the first line per se, but the first chapter of Snowcrash is easily one of my favorites ever.

If I had to pick an opening like though, it would be:

"In a hole in the ground there lived a Hobbit."

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    If it's not already trivia you know, apparently Tolkien just wrote that line on a piece of paper one day and just built the story around it.

    Hopefully it's not apocryphal.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Snow Crash really has fallen off the radar. Really ignited my interest in cyberpunk when I read it 30+ years ago.

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