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Originally Posted by Francis's Hairpiece
The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.
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Oh man, I remember thinking that that was one of the more incredible contemporary book openings.
Just a bit better then the opening line to The Martian
"I'm pretty much f$$ked"
I always liked the opening story from Cruel Shoes by Steve Martin
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You are walking down a country road. It is a quiet afternoon. You look up and far, far down the road you see someone walking toward you. You are surprised to have noticed someone so far away. But you keep walking, expecting nothing more than a friendly nod as you pass. He gets closer. You see he has bright orange hair. He is closer- a white sating suit spotted with colored dots. Closer-a painted white face and red lips. You and he are fifty yards apart. You, and a full-fledged clown holding a bicycle horn are twenty yards apart. You approach on the lonely country road. You nod. He honks and passes.
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