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From the page: "Once upon a time and a very good time it was there was a moocow coming down along the road and this moocow that was coming down along the road met a nicens little boy named baby tuckoo." Basically, that is the only line I like in the entire book. That, and when he... more

Reviewed by M-Nome Aug 05 2007, 05:39am ( 160 reviews ) • infoplease.com

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Rated by thestripedone on Oct 30, 10:37am

The problem with this is that you usually have to have read the book to understand WHY it is good.
Reviewed by maxxbachman on Sep 30, 8:00am

I'm not sure about the order, but it's an interesting list.
Rated by blindquist on Sep 22, 12:43am

Some of these are great opening lines, but some are just famous books. And a list of famous first lines that doesn't include The Metamorphosis is just BS. Still, some good ones.
Reviewed by Rhia90 on Sep 21, 12:46pm

I like first lines of books ... but they aren't so good. seems to be just a list of famous books...
Rated by awesomealias on Sep 20, 7:12pm

Yeah. I'm not really sure how great the first line is all by itself.
Reviewed by bkessler23 on Sep 20, 12:09pm

all of these books are pretty famous but I can't say all of them have great first lines. I love catch-22, it's a fantastic book, but in all honesty "it was love at first sight" is so bland compared to the rest of the book - especially when it isn't given in the context used.
Rated by Morgakabol on Sep 13, 5:33pm

So it turns out that being famous doesn't instantly make the first line an unparalleled masterpiece. Who knew?
Rated by OriginOfSpecies on Jun 28, 3:38pm

How the hell did "call me Ishmael" get #1?

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