On 2/5/06, Ashish Gulhati <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "It is a sin to write this." (Anthem) > > "Howard Roark laughed." (The Fountainhead) > > "Petrograd smelt of carbolic acid." (We The Living) > > and possibly the most well-known first line from a novel > ever: > > "Who is John Galt?" (Atlas Shrugged)
Can someone explain to me why a First Sentence that cannot hold its own without its surrounding context deserve fame separate from the larger work? As a case in point, the four lines quoted above, and many others in that larger list. What do you see in them? I see nothing special. -Karra P.S.: I suspect that by the standards of Silk, I would border on being literarily challenged. So... :-)
