In аn homage tο www.thisisnottom.com, thе аmаzіng аnd amazingly complex riddle site thаt hаѕ thе power tο interrupt mу life whenever іt ѕο wishes, thіѕ vlog doubles аѕ a riddle. I’ve even done іt аll Tom-style, аnd ѕοmе οf уου wіll gеt whаt thаt means іf уου figure іt out. Thіѕ іѕ аn homage tο уου, NotTom, Alex B, whomever уου аrе іn mу dream, уου spend three hours οn thіѕ. Bе one οf thе first 10 people tο figure іt out аnd уου wіll gеt 200 MyLeaky points fοr уουr house. Ustream chat іѕ tonight, οn opening аnd closing lines οf books/plays/poems/whatever, аnd I’m very sorry British people bυt wе′re gonna try a 10pm thing thіѕ time. Next time wе′ll try a 5pm thing, OK? Especially bесаυѕе wе′ll bе discussing Thе Graveyard Book next week. www.ustream.tv – 10 pm! Alѕο Thursday οn thаt channel wе′re going tο bе recording PotterCast wіth Paul DeGeorge аnd Matt Maggiacomo, talking ѕοmе HP Alliance / wizard rock stuff, аnd afterwards thеу аrе going tο hang around tο dο a full HPA “Nο Nеw Stuff” conference call! DOUBLE FEATURE! I mіght offer hints WHEN I WAKE UP (аѕ іn oh mу god ѕtοр direct messaging mе аt 5am) аt mу twitter: www.twitter.com Music frοm thе lovely Kevin MacLeod Tag уου′re іt.
It was a pleasure to burn. – Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again. – Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca
All this happened, more or less. -Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse Five
There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it. -C. S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The sky above was the colour of a television, turned to a dead channel- William Gibson, Neuromancer
My favorite lines to ever.
I was reading ‘A heartbreaking work of staggering genius” when I had Jury duty one time. I got out of the Jury duty because they asked what I was reading, and if I had any bumber stickers. At the time I had several, but the one I chose was a quote. “The problems we face will not be solved by the minds that created them” Albert Einstein
LOL thought that was interesting.
to anyone here: how do i get in on those bookchats?
Later is not good!!!!!! It is so bad! Ten PM is in the early hours of the morning in the UK!! It means i cant join you. . .
I didnt get it!! Ive tried so much now xD
if we are talking opening lines I remember one that stuck in my head. . . it was a pilot episode of a small tv show Roswell and it goes: “I am Liz Parker and three days ago I died. . . after that, things got weird. ” I just thought that was an awsome way to open a show and the series!
by the way the riddle is driving me crazy! I’ve been here for over four HOURS and I am getting to the point of pulling my hair out of my head!
Hey Melissa!
I love all of the opening lines you read! Pride & Prejudice, Sunday in the Park with George and Paper Towns especially!
I was wondering, are you going to talk about Anthony Rapp’s memoir , “Without You” sometime? I just so happened to read it this week, and I noticed that your name was in the acknowledgments.
Call me Ishmael.
I might not be a book, but the opening line to Studio Gibli’s ‘Grave of the Fireflies’
“September 21, 1945, that was the night I died”
It truley has to be one of the greatest and most poinent openings to a film ever
Also Phillip Pulman’s ‘The Butterfly Tatto’ (The White Mercedes)
“Chris Marshall met the girl he was going to kill on a warm Oxford evening. . . . ”
Another amazing and shocking opening
Midnights children! I had to read it this year for 11 IB english, extremely hard, but at the end when studying it, you’re like, ‘this guy is a genius!’
Yeah I like that line too! Speaking of Tolkien, I like the opening line of “The Silmarillion”: “There was Eru, the One, who in Arda is called Illúvatar; and he made first the Ainur, the Holy Ones, that were the offspring of his thought, and they were with him before aught else was made. ” There’s so much to imagine in that line!
I like the first line of “Pride and Prejudice” too! It’s a cool line.
Here’s another cool opener:
~”The Horse and His Boy” by C. S. Lewis: “This is the story of an adventure that happened in Narnia and Calormen and the lands between, in the Golden Age when Peter was High King in Narnia and his brother and his two sisters were King and Queens under him. “
GARRRGH.
I officially *hate* riddles. I am exceedingly poor at them. The worst thing with this one is that I’m halfway there (woah, living on a prayer) but that’s just not enough!
My brain hurts. I’m going to bed :]
“Maman died today. ”
Opening line from The Stranger. Its just so plain and emotionless and perfect.
[And of course that book has pretty much the most Badass closing line ever. ]
THE INVISIBILITY CLOAK!! Are you people crazy?! It was a gift, Dumbledore gave it to him as a Christmas present.
I was so impressed by the Graveyard Book, and so happy I was able to go hear Gaiman read it when he stopped in SF.
My fave first line is from my fave book: The Diviners, by Margaret Laurence.
“The river flowed both ways. “
My all time favorite opening to a book is Victoria Holt’s “Time of the Hunter’s Moon” which reads: I was nineteen when what I came to think of as the Forest Fantasy occurred. ”
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My other favorites are the beginnings of any Tom Robbins book, notably “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues”. The “Single Cell Preface” reads: Amoebae leave no fossils. They haven’t any bones. (No teeth, no belt buckles, no wedding rings. ) It is impossible, therefore, to determine how long amoebae have been on Earth.
Graveyard rocks! I’d want Hedwig, I think flying on a broom might remind me of riding a motorcycle with my kids.
Thanks for the birthday wishes!
“It was a pleasure to burn. “
Hello Moochka!!
: P
I GOT IT!!!!!
WHERE DO I RIGHT IT?
I know the answer to the riddle!! I think. Where do I give it to you??
Well, along with socks from Dobby, and tissue paper from Dudley, and other sort of inane items, Harry, over the years, just happened to receive two of the most powerful magical items (the cloak and the stone) as gifts. Now if only Dumbledore had given him the wand as a Chanukah present. . .
GAH.
I fail at riddles.
Any hints for us? ^_^