"Prince Raoden of Arelon awoke early that morning, completely unaware that he had been damned for all eternity." - Elantris, Brandon Sanderson
@julenewebb8 ай бұрын
This is my all time favorite opening line!
@silverbinding8 ай бұрын
LOOOOVE THIS ONE
@ShyFly10008 ай бұрын
It’s a fantastic opening line! I put that as high a if not s.
@khyrianstorms8 ай бұрын
I just finished this, starting my journey into the Cosmere. It’s a wonderful start not only for a book, but for a vast universe
@Lex777558 ай бұрын
I never read this book, only this one line, months before, and I still recognised it immediately 😮
@meris84869 ай бұрын
"Szeth-son-son-Vallano, Truthless of Shinovar, wore white on the day he was to kill a king." -Way Of Kings, Stormlight. Still rocks. I love openings that put so many questions in my mind. And the assassination of a King? hell yeah that's a good way to start a book
@UsesElevators9 ай бұрын
Yeah but then he proceeded to wear white for like two books (I’m only on WOR)
@GelidPrince9 ай бұрын
I don't remember the first sentence of the prologue for way for kings, but the prologue itself made me so excited and curious.
@samuelleask11329 ай бұрын
So good
@shyampadia9 ай бұрын
isnt there a prelude before this, but yes this line gives you the chills
@meris84869 ай бұрын
@@shyampadia There is but it's not that cool until you've read Oathbringer. The "wore white" opening is generally considered the real start
@beelissa_9 ай бұрын
My favorite will forever be "Look, I didn't want to be a halfblood." from Percy Jackson. I remember reading this as a kid and going "ooh, so sassy! and what IS a halfblood? Tell me more!" so yeah, hooked on the first line
@2ToRamble9 ай бұрын
I (Austin) am full on board - such a great line and middle school me was obsessed with the series. Might need to reread it as an adult!
@beelissa_8 ай бұрын
@@2ToRamble You absolutely should! I plan on rereading it next year (and actually getting to read the others from the same universe that I haven't yet) So I'm definetely eager to hear your thoughts on it now haha
@TheCosmerenaut17 ай бұрын
Loved Percy Jackson sooo much as a kid. But now I think that it’s clearly very corny- middle school writing. Which is perfectly fine because it’s a childrens book. But still, I don’t think it’s all that amazing
@user-hi4xk1bs2o7 ай бұрын
@@beelissa_4 REPLIES
@OrangeSun557 ай бұрын
@@TheCosmerenaut1that cornyness is kinda the part of its charm, adds character imo
@koboldmartian40639 ай бұрын
How could forget the ICONIC Mistborn first line. "Ash fell from the sky."
@2ToRamble9 ай бұрын
This is in our part 2 next week 👀
@koboldmartian40639 ай бұрын
@@2ToRambleI will also say, if you haven't read Kindred by Octavia Butler I highly recommend it. It has a great opening line: "I lost an arm on my last trip home."
@samuelleask11329 ай бұрын
GOATed
@meris84869 ай бұрын
“The building was on fire, and it wasn’t my fault.” -Dresden. Blood Rites Urban fantasy true but still a banger
@2ToRamble9 ай бұрын
Ah! We missed Dresden, damn
@Nastyn1nja8088 ай бұрын
Dresden has Great openings. 😊
@timothyburbage9 ай бұрын
There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it. Absolutely great first line from Voyage of the Dawntreader
@2ToRamble9 ай бұрын
Oh yea - This is in our part 2 👊
@austinoverthere88989 ай бұрын
never heard of that series or that line but i love it
@timothyburbage9 ай бұрын
@@austinoverthere8898 It's the 3rd book from the Chronicles of Narnia series
@Chrfenne9 ай бұрын
That Game of Thrones opener is great. It's not about the weather at all. It's literally saying "winter is coming" but in other word. And we all know what that actually means.
@reggiega79898 ай бұрын
Exactly my thoughts
@Extratrey478 ай бұрын
I would have lived in peace, but my enemies brought me war. - Red Rising, Pierce Brown
@2ToRamble8 ай бұрын
Definitely doing this for our sci-fi first lines vid!
@zuzanaochmanova26529 ай бұрын
I really love this first lines from Red Sister by Mark Lawrence (haven't even read the book yet, just bought it because of that line): From Prologue :"It is important, when killing a nun, to ensure that you bring an army of sufficient size." And from first chapter: "No child truly believes they will be hanged."
@2ToRamble9 ай бұрын
Oh definitely - We cover this in part 2 coming on Monday
@ShyFly10008 ай бұрын
I have to agree about Red Sister!
@clug9068 ай бұрын
"the snow in the mountains was melting and bunny had been dead for several weeks before we came to understand the gravity of our situation" probably my favourite first line it basically had me hooked the second i picked it up
@stevencooney33479 ай бұрын
Here’s the best opening you missed: “IT WAS NIGHT AGAIN. The Waystone Inn lay in silence, and it was a silence of three parts. The most obvious part was a hollow, echoing quiet, made by things that were lacking. If there had been a wind it would have sighed through the trees, set the inn's sign creaking on its hooks, and brushed the silence down the road like trailing autumn leaves. If there had been a crowd, even a handful of men inside the inn, they would have filled the silence with conversation and laughter, the clatter and clamor one expects from a drinking house during the dark hours of night. If there had been music…but no, of course there was no music. In fact there were none of these things, and so the silence remained.” And honestly the whole page long prologue is the opening, and the whole thing is unmatched.
@2ToRamble9 ай бұрын
We read this entire opening in part 2 next week - we’re on the same page 🤝
@ShyFly10008 ай бұрын
I was thinking of this entire opening page the whole time they were discussing! I actually shared this with my mother who doesn’t read fantasy because it’s just so amazingly well written! It speaks to me on some many levels.
@jameshannagan42567 ай бұрын
No instead we get the sophomoric dorky awful dialogue Wheel Of Time which reads like a 12 year old wrote it has a terrible ending and is very derivative although to be fair it does have some great ideas in it but it's just so poorly written it should be a YA novel.
@Repti-verse9 ай бұрын
I actually think Eldest from the Eragon books has an A tier opening line. “The sogs of the dead are the lamentations of the living.”
@abbeyroche29839 ай бұрын
“The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night.” Love this opening
@2ToRamble9 ай бұрын
Oo what book is this?
@fatimagarcia96069 ай бұрын
I think is the night Circus from Erin morgenstern. I love your channel guys 😍
@abbeyroche29839 ай бұрын
Yes! The Night Circus, it’s a “no plot just vibes” book full of purple prose.
@darlinkhate92549 ай бұрын
The Night Circus truly was an experience.
@deadlyk125388 ай бұрын
@@abbeyroche2983I usually hate those types of books, but idk Night Circus is special
@doravanelk42768 ай бұрын
"Dear You, the body you are wearing used to be mine." - The Rook by David O'Malley
@travisnelson54979 ай бұрын
I came here specifically for The Dark Tower. Not only is the opening line a banger, the way The story goes makes it even better on a reread. More people need to read this story
@Y3llow47 ай бұрын
“There once was a boy named Eustice Clarence Scrub, and he almost deserved it” Voyage of the Dawn Treader - God tier opening
@2ToRamble7 ай бұрын
We cover this in part 2 I believe - so good lol
@alexoxley50588 ай бұрын
“Joost had two problems: the moon and his moustache.” - six of crows. Amazing book with an intriguing humorous first line😂
@2ToRamble8 ай бұрын
Great line!
@ewitsdonovan9 ай бұрын
The first line I randomly came up with, "The village's doom was fast approaching. Naturally, they held a conference about it." Crap, I’m starting to get ideas now, I may have to write it.
@2ToRamble9 ай бұрын
This is great. I want to read it now
@samuelleask11329 ай бұрын
Bro that’s a banger
@samuelhoran22279 ай бұрын
Dude that’s awesome! Now you have to write a book so I can read this story!
@vagrant19439 ай бұрын
That made me laugh
@SuryaMurali8 ай бұрын
That sounds like something the Two Rivers folk would do!
@OmnivorousReader9 ай бұрын
Wheel of Time beginning to me, just sounds like a fantasy update on the American soapie Days of Our Lives “Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.”
@2ToRamble9 ай бұрын
😂😂 i need Richard to read this comment
@Amelia-pi5uz9 ай бұрын
"Kell wore a very peculiar coat." A Darker Shade of Magic "Joost had two problems: the moon and his mustache." Six of Crows
@mayfia8 ай бұрын
The first line of ADSOM is my favourite first line ever
@Morfeusm6 ай бұрын
Poor Joost did not deserve anything that has happened to him 😢
@mcgeeal53429 ай бұрын
“No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream. Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood for eighty years and might stand for eighty more. Within, walls continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone.” - Shirley Jackson, Haunting of Hill House. My all-time favorite.
@arlissbunny9 ай бұрын
In case this helps, The Last Unicorn is a modern classic. You aren’t familiar with it because the original publisher screwed Beagle and they ended up in a decades long court battle. The author recently won and has a new publisher. His works are all being rereleased. Buy them and read them. Peter S. Beagle is incredible. 😊
@2ToRamble9 ай бұрын
Ahh! Had no clue - that’s great to hear it’s out again
@ericmerrell86229 ай бұрын
Red Sister by Mark Lawrence “It is important, when killing a nun, to ensure that you bring an army of sufficient size”
@JuanMartinez-ib7mz9 ай бұрын
Stephen King published his 80th book this year. Counting full length novels and short story and novella collections. The average is 1.6 books per year published. Brandon Sanderson published 35 books counting Wheel Of Time, Cosmere, Alcatraz, Cytoverse, The Reckoners, Legion & Standalones. 1.9 books per year, if he produces 2 books a year for the next 23 years he will be 71 when he reaches King.
@ghostofdota9 ай бұрын
Richard convinced me to start reading the Wheel of Time series. Currently on book 7 and still loving it! Thanks Richard :)
@ShyFly10008 ай бұрын
I literally have read the wheel of time series twice through since the start of the pandemic. I honestly wish there were more books!
@heyelizabeth_9 ай бұрын
This channel is SO underrated. So happy that I discovered you guys, honestly my biggest win this week
@2ToRamble9 ай бұрын
THANK YOU!
@xxxxyyyy-ll3hz9 ай бұрын
Should have done it blind, without saying the title of the book, and then revealing the book after the ranking
@2ToRamble9 ай бұрын
Ahh good idea here, that would’ve been cool
@crushgoil9 ай бұрын
I think this would’ve been more enjoyable if you’d rated lines without identifying which books they were from, but obviously that’s harder to setup
@somatoes46678 ай бұрын
Yeah especially since for some books they seem to know they have to read beyond the actual first line for it to be impactful but for some others they just stop at the first line.
@ShyFly10008 ай бұрын
I wish I had read your comment before I commented the exact same thing
@J.Evans5099 ай бұрын
Sanderson will ultimately have way more words published, but I think King busts out a lot of books so many that he uses extra pseudonyms to publish
@tgibridays9 ай бұрын
One of my favorite first lines I've read recently was from The Wickwire Watch by Jacquelyn Hagen: "Had Mr. Bash known this was the night he was going to die, he would have stayed at home."
@2ToRamble9 ай бұрын
Niiiice. Is this a fantasy book too?
@tgibridays9 ай бұрын
@@2ToRamble it is. It's one of the finalists in this year's SPFBO.
@ShyFly10008 ай бұрын
I am going to have to find this book and read it! Never even heard of it.
@tgibridays8 ай бұрын
@@ShyFly1000 it's a self published book so it's not super well known. I saw some other booktubers talking about it and an interview with the author, that's how I found out about it.
@nolancasimir76039 ай бұрын
Szeth-son-son-Vallano, Truthless of Shinovar, wore white on the day he was to kill a king.
@LuzzyStef9 ай бұрын
Best opener ever
@nolancasimir76039 ай бұрын
@@LuzzyStef Agreed, I was shocked to see Way of Kings was left out
@KALtheHighstorm1179 ай бұрын
From what I understand, A Court of Thorns and Roses is a romantasy. My favorite opening line: Szeth-son-son-Vallano, Truthless of Shinovar, wore white on the day he was to kill a king.
@aidankaszuba71037 ай бұрын
Saw you guys on TikTok then found the KZbin channel, now I’ve got my own bookshelf and started the way of kings and then red rising and jade city never knew how immersive books could be. Leveled up my dnd interactions and you guys just changed my life. Love you guys
@2ToRamble7 ай бұрын
What the hell is this kindness - thanks a bunch, that makes this all the more worth it! Cheers and welcome to fantasy!!
@nahuel34339 ай бұрын
I'm a fan of the simple start _"Damn me, damn them, damn it all."_
@2ToRamble9 ай бұрын
Love it
@darthbane978 ай бұрын
What book is this from ?
@nahuel34338 ай бұрын
@@darthbane97 this from a web serial actually. Pact by J.C. Mcrae/Wildbow An urban fantasy. Grandma dies and (unbeknownst to them) one of her grandchildren inherits all her responsibilities, debts and enemies of a diabolist. THE most hated type of practitioner (wizard) so... The enemies are pretty much everyone If you google Pact Wildbow you can just start reading it. It's a wild ride and it honestly has my favorite magic system. Being incredibly broad and all encompasing while also being surprisingly intuitive
@CarolineMartins-qw1tw8 ай бұрын
One of the best opening lines of a book has to be red rising “I would have lived in peace, but my enemies brought me war”
@2ToRamble8 ай бұрын
Oh yes - definitely covering this when we do a sci-fi first lines pod
@LuzzyStef9 ай бұрын
Ever since I’ve started watching you guys my tbr has gotten so long I’m lost now😂
@2ToRamble9 ай бұрын
😭😂😂
@reneeelich48938 ай бұрын
To Kill a Kingdom: "I have a heart for every year I've been alive."
@2ToRamble8 ай бұрын
Ooo i like that
@user-mu5sl4vh7m9 ай бұрын
My adult realisation that I can do whatever I want and have complete freedom and freedom of action was that I could, if I wanted to, commit any crime just for no reason. But the birthday cake one is good too.
@2ToRamble9 ай бұрын
😂😂
@Straw-Hunter9 ай бұрын
Another week waiting for Lightbringer review has me dying
@2ToRamble9 ай бұрын
Reading as we speak 😁
@rileybush71299 ай бұрын
Yay!!!
@Ruben86jz9 ай бұрын
Dying here too with you
@JARHuygebaert9 ай бұрын
I would love a Harry Potter discussion from you two! :)
@michaellaporte49518 ай бұрын
A few things on the Song of Ice and Fire opener that I think work in its favour: For one, the use of alliteration and sound structure. You get the two round vowels in "morning" and "dawn" followed immediately by the consonance of "cold, clear, crisp", then the repetition of the i vowel from "crisp" to "hint", and ending with "summer", a word that sounds nothing like anything else in the sentence, rhotic and emphatically disyllabic. It's a very carefully constructed sentence that does a lot with subtly and shows a strong understanding of language. I also really like how it begins with a beginning - the morning dawns - and ends with an ending - the summer ends - all while being very concise and not miring itself in proper nouns like a lot of fantasy tends to, especially ones with as big a world as Martin's.
@2ToRamble8 ай бұрын
Well said!
@_mooshrooom9 ай бұрын
" My mother has been rotting for the past six days in the only luxury of our house, the bloody bathtub." This is the opening to my i future work in progress.
@Scatterbrainn9 ай бұрын
'The shadows screamed in agony as the sky bled with light.' Intro I came up with in the 5 seconds you gave Richard.
@2ToRamble9 ай бұрын
Damn!
@austinoverthere88989 ай бұрын
I love the "first line" podcasts, always so interesting. keep it up guys
@2ToRamble9 ай бұрын
Cheers! Thankya!
@adrianf20659 ай бұрын
Just wanted to say it’s amazing to see how far you guys have grown, you deserve much more recognition.
@2ToRamble9 ай бұрын
Thank you!!
@ryanmkick2 ай бұрын
The Hobbit opener is genuinely THE most iconic opening sentence in fiction.
@ria578 ай бұрын
First episode I've watched, and first time hearing of this podcast, really great listen , didn't find myself getting distracted often
@2ToRamble8 ай бұрын
Ahh thankya, cheers!
@TraGiiXzaze8 ай бұрын
I was shocked when you guys said you hadn't read a Malazan book yet. To me Deadhouse gates and the chain of dogs sub plot is my favorite story ever told. Truly the most emotionally impactful piece of literature I've ever read. It's even more of a cry than hearing Major Dick Winters read the letter from one of his men at the end of the band of brothers. Prolouge opening line. "He came shambling into Judgement's Round from the Avenue of Souls, a misshapen mass of flies."
@jameshannagan42567 ай бұрын
One of the best and as a bonus written by and for adults to be fair it's coming from guys that think Wheel Of Time is the height of good writing.
@Ignore145 ай бұрын
Deadhouse Gates is devastating. I've never been so shocked reading/watching something in my whole life.
@arabellawillow7 ай бұрын
"A voice in his head still told him that he'd die tonight." -the opening line to the book im currently writing 😅
@lewisfranielczyk57569 ай бұрын
Lads, this was hell of an episode! Thoroughly enjoyed this one! Keep it up! Supporting you from across the pond in Wales 🏴
@2ToRamble9 ай бұрын
Cheers Lewis! Thank you!
@Maximus06239 ай бұрын
I think the Gunslinger has the best opening line I’ve ever read. It raises so many questions and creates immediate suspense and intrigue, while also being succinct. Ironically, I think it’s one of the worst books in the Dark Tower series, but judging just on the opener, it’s perfect.
@jameshannagan42567 ай бұрын
It's pretty bad but books 2,3,4 and even 5 are all great and Wizard And Glass is as good as anything King has ever written which is saying a lot.
@ErinXIV3 ай бұрын
The genius behind the Malazan opening lines is that its symbolic of the state of the Malazan empire itself. A little context really changes those lines!
@arzabael9 ай бұрын
Gah. Its like Robert Jordan knew how big the story would be when he wrote that first line. I imagine it was written long after the original drafts. It would be a disservice to any one character to have made that first sentence through the perspective of one specifically but it perfectly sets up the idea that this story is going to span ages.
@samuelleask11329 ай бұрын
“The building was on fire, and it wasn’t my fault.” Blood Rites by Jim Butcher (Dresden Files book 6)
@salmanhyder16559 ай бұрын
Beagle's Last Unicorn is a good book. More for adults, with deep ingrained wisdom, than for younger audience. People would know the author because he was connected with Bakshi in the Lord of the Rings 1978 animation movie and I have read Peter S. Beagle on various books on Tolkien scholarly works writing in introduction at editorial boards. If butterfly effect is a real thing, then of course there is a little connection between Beagle and Japan's Studio Ghibli.
@jaredpoulter67629 ай бұрын
I think you shouldn't say the book title before giving the line. I think it gives you a bias before you read the line.
@2ToRamble9 ай бұрын
Ahh fair point!
@Zivilin9 ай бұрын
"The only thing i remembered was that i had seen extraordinary sights on the morning of the day i died." -The Dark Beyond the Stars, Franklin M Robinson
@seeschwalbe9 ай бұрын
Just some first lines from German fantasy books you probably haven't heard about to repay your wonderful curation of English ones: (My own rough translations) -'The 13 1/2 lifes of Captain Bluebear' by Walter Moers: "A bluebear has twentyseven lifes. Thirteen and a half of them I will reveal in this book, about the others I will remain silent. A bear must have his dark sides, that makes him attracrive and mysterious." (First parahraph of the preface) & "A life usually starts with the birth - mine doesn't."(First Chapter) -"Reckless"- book 1by Cornelia Funke:"In the flat, the night breathed like a dark animal." I don't have anymore at hand right now, so take the Prologue of an English book that convinced me to buy it: 'The Book that wouldn't burn' by Mark Lawrence: "The first arrow hit a child. That was the opening line."
@2ToRamble9 ай бұрын
Oh nice - these are great thanks for sharing them!
@austinoverthere88989 ай бұрын
after a couple of minutes I came up with this: “With earrings cascading down his pointed, elven ears, Randy Pajama, a mage much more serious than his name, readied to commence the duel.” what do you guys think?
@2ToRamble9 ай бұрын
So cool - especially for a couple minutes worth of time! Tone is very clear - a bit of whimsy fun. Also the name Randy Pajama is top tier
@Ruben86jz9 ай бұрын
We’re the hell is my red rising???
@2ToRamble9 ай бұрын
We consider that sci-fi, it will DEFINITELY be on the sci-fi opening lines video (austin here, dont worry Ill force Richard to suffer through)
@ShyFly10008 ай бұрын
I agree that it’s totally sci fi
@boltboycaiden73408 ай бұрын
Life of Pi by Yann Martel has one of the best first lines in my opinion. It stopped in my track, like woah. "My suffering left me sad and gloomy."
@dinocollins7209 ай бұрын
This was such a fun one!
@2ToRamble9 ай бұрын
Thankya!!
@Scotticusmaximusmeta9 ай бұрын
"Turkey is always dry and not that great". Tell me you can't cook without telling me.
@2ToRamble9 ай бұрын
Im looking forward to when Richard sees this comment 😂
@lunaoliveira79659 ай бұрын
I love game of thrones but the opening line of the first book for me would be a C or D, I do hate opening lines about weather.
@2ToRamble9 ай бұрын
Fair - weather openers can come off as cliche, but the GOT one did land for us. Though many weather openers we’re with ya
@justmaddiereading9 ай бұрын
16:47 romance authors are notoriously great at filling holes. (i'm sorry)
@arzabael9 ай бұрын
Richard understands the art of the first sentence. The one he made up had that thing that I know when I see hit can’t explain, and if I tried to explain, it’s basically: “some sort of ironic reaction by the protagonist to what’s in front of them that would usually surprise a normal person but to this person it’s business as usual.” And it never fails every great first sentence, especially Terry Pratchetty stuff, has that.
@2ToRamble9 ай бұрын
You explained this well - totally get what you mean!
@arzabael9 ай бұрын
@@2ToRamble haha righteous, thanks!
@HappyOsotogari9 ай бұрын
This was an interesting conversation & selection of lines. I agree that a good first line establishes tone & prompts questions. I do think the rankings are hard to divorce from knowledge of the rest of the book.
@2ToRamble9 ай бұрын
Very true!
@user-ly2ll5od1r9 ай бұрын
The wheel of time is cool, but it's technically not the first line, that was like 4 first lines.
@2ToRamble9 ай бұрын
We cheated a little.
@Spook_the_Tineye8 ай бұрын
"A silhouette disturbed the night. An empty void where the rain was meant to be. These figures were nearly impossible to see. Unless of course, you were one of them." The first few lines of a book I'm currently working on. Haven't named it yet, though.
@2ToRamble8 ай бұрын
Fantastic!
@kylec15909 ай бұрын
I haven’t had a dry turkey in a few years since I started this method and now my family demands I do it every thanksgiving. Quarter the turkey and dry brine it. Separate the thighs and breasts because they cook at different times, that’s why the white meat is always dry, you’re still trying to get the dark meat up to temp and overcooking the white meat because you can’t take them out separately, so quarter it so you can take them each out when they’re done. Dry brine it for a day or two before cooking, so just a salt heavy spice rub. That keeps the moisture in, like when you salt a steak, and adds flavors from the spices
@MrKramien9 ай бұрын
Guys, your podcast is so great! Keep up good work!!
@2ToRamble9 ай бұрын
Thankyou!!
@iidkok8 ай бұрын
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell is one of the best books I've ever read, it's unbelievably well crafted, far beyond Piranesi (which I did enjoy). The miniseries the BBC made was a great adaptation too.
@UsesElevators9 ай бұрын
48:46 The Fellowship of the Ring
@2ToRamble9 ай бұрын
Ahh! Thank you, I missed that when putting in the video chapters, thanks very much
@PokeJoshNY9 ай бұрын
very excited to hear that y'all will (eventually) be getting to Malazan
@2ToRamble9 ай бұрын
Going to be a journey 👊
@Mrecb92 ай бұрын
The opening line to The Dark Tower is even better if you've read the whole series.
@danielgwynne72669 ай бұрын
The opening lines of malazan are also a metaphor for something in the story apart from being literal as well.
@2ToRamble9 ай бұрын
Oo that’s awesome
@SimplementInefable9 ай бұрын
"I could have become a mass murderer after I hacked my governor module, but then I realized I could acess the combined feed of emtretainment channels carried on the company satellites." -All Systems Red. The murderbot diatries by Martha Wells
@2ToRamble9 ай бұрын
Great book!
@charliemelton8852 ай бұрын
“Kell wore a peculiar coat.” Darker Shade of Magic, V.E. Schwab
@leigh-anjohnson9 ай бұрын
"I find it easier to trust someone when I know how to kill them. Just in case." - The first line from my Urban Fantasy WIP. What do you think?
@2ToRamble9 ай бұрын
I (austin) really like it! This sets my expectations for a very character-focused story and also implies the book is going to lean into more ‘grim’ - maybe that’s the wrong word - but at least more mature themes with death/assasinations being more commonplace.
@leigh-anjohnson9 ай бұрын
@@2ToRamble The TV show Grimm is one of the inspirations for my story. My MC comes from a bloodline of born hunters (similar to Grimms in the show). Problem is she's also half-supernatural, so she is seen as an outsider by both sides and as a result has a very defensive "just in case" perspective.
@karabomarole65857 ай бұрын
"The Waystone Inn lay in silence, and it was a silence of three parts. The most obvious part was a hollow, echoing quiet, made by things that were lacking. If there had been a wind it would have sighed trough the trees, set the inn’s sign creaking on its hooks, and brushed the silence down the road like trailing autumn leaves. If there had been a crowd, even a handful of men inside the inn, they would have filled the silence with conversation and laughter, the clatter and clamour one expects from a drinking house during the dark hours of the night. If there had been music…but no, of curse there was no music. In fact there were none of these things, and so the silence remained."
@2ToRamble7 ай бұрын
We cover this in part 2 😁
@NotDustyDrB9 ай бұрын
Wholesome choice for intro
@extraparmigiano54498 ай бұрын
I would have liked if you ranked the lines without knowing which book it‘s from and reveal it after ranking it.
@2ToRamble8 ай бұрын
We might have to format it differently for that to be possible but that may work!
@saurabhillustrations4 ай бұрын
“The story so far: In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.” ― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe Don't know if this counts but it is my favorite opening line of all time :)
@emersonwright53909 ай бұрын
Not exactly fantasy, but I'd love to see you guys talk about the opening of Percy Jackson "The Lighting Thief"
@2ToRamble9 ай бұрын
Love that line! One of my favorite book series growing up - the Heroes of Olympus series was a level up as well
@emersonwright53909 ай бұрын
I'm sure you also thought to yourself, "Who the F*** is Jason?" When starting The Lost Hero@@2ToRamble
@emersonwright53909 ай бұрын
@@2ToRamble So Excited for the Disney+ show!!
@2ToRamble8 ай бұрын
Super curious to see how it turns out!@@emersonwright5390
@SuperCliffReviews7 ай бұрын
Great videos dudes - Keep it up -- Love the intro music haha
@2ToRamble7 ай бұрын
Haha cheers! Thankyou!
@readwithpattie48048 ай бұрын
Wish you guys had included the cruel prince, would have loved to see your reaction on it
@mohdrashid69689 ай бұрын
love these videos. you should do with sci fi and classic books that you have not read
@2ToRamble9 ай бұрын
Absolutely- sci-fi will likely be next!
@midrangemonroe19 ай бұрын
It's two lines, but the opening of my (first ever) book for NaNoWriMo: "The eye of the hurricane loomed menacingly overhead. If he squinted, Dre could just make out the details on the surface below, but from almost 20 kilometers above, he couldn’t distinguish the towering waves from the standard lapping of a calm ocean."
@2ToRamble9 ай бұрын
Nice - Hope it’s a succesful month 🙏
@ShyFly10008 ай бұрын
I love love love that the dark tower is S tower. I love that opening line. I do want to suggest that if you ever do this again you don’t say which book it is before reading the opening line. I sense some prejudice when you already know the book. Also have you ever noticed that Harry Potter opens very similarly to Roald Dahl books?
@2ToRamble8 ай бұрын
We can try this next time - though it might be difficult because I had to select the books to present in the episodes and read them off in order - maybe there’s a way to randomize it/etc!
@veraamoretabinas87959 ай бұрын
AWESOME EPISODE, GUYS! I would very much like a part two!
@2ToRamble9 ай бұрын
Thankyou!! Part 2 coming next week 👨🍳
@cassandrathomas60159 ай бұрын
I'm keeping a document this year with the first line of every book I've read. It's really interesting to go back with the full knowledge of the book. I really like the ones that seem really ambiguous and then when you have the full context of the book they make complete sense. For example, "This house eats and is eaten," from She Is A Haunting.
@harrisonlynch47015 ай бұрын
I find it hard to believe that there’s people out there who are willing to cook a turkey and not make the gravy
@MattVickers8 ай бұрын
Nice list and fun discussion. I would probably bump The Blade Itself towards top of A-tier and Gardens of the Moon to S-tier. Glad to read you're covering Red Sister as well, such a great series (by far my favourite Lawrence) and really good on audio
@jameshannagan42567 ай бұрын
You think GOTM is S-tier? Almost everyone I know agrees that it's by far the worst book of the 10 kind of like the first Dark Tower novel it was written when he was young and he learned to write better as he went along I do like it though.
@jweather668 ай бұрын
Ooooh the first line if that susanna clarke novel made me so excited to read more of her work. Im reading Piranesi RIGHT NOW.
@2ToRamble7 ай бұрын
Its an amazing book!! Hope you love it
@jasonm80519 ай бұрын
Great hook fellas. I'm in
@2ToRamble9 ай бұрын
🤝
@IndigoStat24 күн бұрын
46:59 cooking channel named 2toScramble
@2ToRamble24 күн бұрын
Genius
@Nostalgia17099 ай бұрын
Interesting. You should be doing this without first mentioning the name of the book because it shows biases right away
@thebrothersgwynne9 ай бұрын
‘MONEY!’ 😂😂 Guys, Papa Gwynne not as good as Tolkien? What have you been drinking? (Ok fine yeah Tolkien’s pretty good too, but Tom Bombadil is a sin) We gotta chat again soon, the best duos on booktube need to reunite! Ed
@2ToRamble9 ай бұрын
Absolutely must reunite! So glad you saw this 😂😂
@jameswitts37939 ай бұрын
I can't wait for you guys to start reading Malazan! 😁