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All-TigerNet [12360]
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Best opening sentence of a book evah!
Aug 24, 2012, 10:54 AM
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"On the third day of their honeymoon, infamous environmental activist Stewie Woods and his new bride were spiking trees in the forest when a cow exploded and blew them up."
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110%er [7980]
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So I see you are reading Savage Run***
Aug 24, 2012, 10:56 AM
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Re: Where can I get this on bluray?***
Aug 24, 2012, 10:57 AM
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All-TigerNet [12360]
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yep, after
Aug 24, 2012, 11:01 AM
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exhausting all the collections of Lee Child, Nelson Demille, Robert Crais, Randy Wayne White, I am on to CJ Box
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Happy families are all alike;
Aug 24, 2012, 11:02 AM
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...every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."
Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
You really cannot beat that.
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All-TigerNet [12360]
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Exploding bovines dude, friggin TNT cows!!
Aug 24, 2012, 11:04 AM
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only thing better would have been an exploding pig
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That is a waste of bacon.***
Aug 24, 2012, 11:12 AM
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Re: That is a waste of bacon.***
Aug 24, 2012, 11:34 AM
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All-TigerNet [12360]
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THIS IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT BOY!***
Aug 24, 2012, 11:50 AM
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I beg to differ.
Aug 24, 2012, 11:16 AM
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camgee references Tolstoy, there's nothing better than exploding Russians unless you wanna be picky and say any exploding slav will do.
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Re: Best opening sentence of a book evah!
Aug 24, 2012, 11:06 AM
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"The man in black fled across the desert and the Gunslinger followed."
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/thread***
Aug 24, 2012, 11:11 AM
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I also like Pynchon's "A screaming came across the sky."
Aug 24, 2012, 11:40 AM
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From Gravity's Rainbow, which I do not recommend you try to read if you are 19 and want to maintain your sanity.
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Well...
Aug 24, 2012, 11:17 AM
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"Billy Pilgrim was time traveling again. Poo tee tweet?"
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Maybe not EVER.
Aug 24, 2012, 11:22 AM
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But pretty good. Several CJ Box novels in my library.
“Imagine shoving a cattle prod up a rhino’s ###, shouting “April fool!”, and hoping the rhino thinks it’s funny.”
— Kill the Dead by Richard Kadrey
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Call me Ishmael***
Aug 24, 2012, 11:35 AM
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How are you today, Ishmael?***
Aug 24, 2012, 11:51 AM
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