It’s Friday again, and you know what that means–time for another look at a famous first line. I can’t wait to see how many will recognize this opener. I suspect it will be tricky, though I’m fairly sure most of you will be familiar with the title of the book. (Even if, like me, you haven’t yet read it.) Ready to play?
As always, the rules are simple:
- Be one of the first five people to email me before the game ends at noon, with the title and authorof the correct book.
- Do not reply here on the blog.Email only: marciameara16@gmail.com
- Honor System applies. No Googling, please.
- Submissions end at noon, or when I receive 5 correct answers, whichever comes first.
- Winners who live in the U.S.may request a free download of any one of my books for themselves, or for someone of their choice. OR, if they’ve read all of the offered books, they may request a free download of my next publication.
- Winners who live elsewheremay request a PDF file of the same books, since, sadly, Amazon won’t let me gift you from the site.
Okay, folks. Here it is, ready or not:
“No one would have believed, in the last years of the nineteenth century, that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man’s and yet as mortal as his own; that as men busied themselves about their various concerns they were being scrutinized and studied, perhaps almost as narrowly as a man with a microscope might scrutinize the transient creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water.”
The Write Stuff 
Don’t recognize this one, but I probably have heard of the book. The line sure catches my sci-fi interest, though.
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Oh, you really should read this one! And so should I!! 😀
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I’ve a feeling it will end up on my TBR list
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I know this one! Woohoo! Emailing you now 😁🎉
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And you were right, Harmony. Just emailed you. 🙂
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I think I know, but I won a few weeks ago, so I’ll let others have a chance. Have a great weekend, Marcia!
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There are NO limits to how often you can play AND win, Teri. And most of the time, I don’t get five correct answers, anyway, so please email me your guess. I’m HAPPY to have you play! 🙂
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I’m not sure. But I will take a stab at it. I’m not much of a sci-fi fan.
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If you aren’t into sci-fi, that makes it even cooler that you guessed right! Good for you, Darlene! 🙂
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I have a guess about this one, but it’s very iffy. I think I’ll just wait it out and see if I was right! 🙂
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You DO know that no one sees your guess except me, right? And I promise not to laugh if it’s crazy wrong. (Much.) 😀 Go on and email me. You still have over 45 minutes to win! 🙂
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Just seeing this now….I’ve been running errands all day. I need to hop over and see if there is a winner!
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Nope. But I think I recognise the writing style and so I’ll email you my guess! x
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This is familar to me but I can’t place it yet:) i know it will hit me in the middle of the the night!
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Great first line! Definitely want to read this one (if I haven’t already… Have a fantastic weekend, Marcia! 🙂
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Glad you liked it, Bette. You have a great weekend, also! 🙂
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