Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita has been called sheer unrestrained pornography, the filthiest book I have ever read, perverse, repulsive, obscene and indecent. It has been banned in France, the United Kingdom, South Africa and Argentina. If you go with what I suspect is the common preconceived notion—i.e., that book about this older guy with his unhealthy… Read more »
Posts Categorized: First Lines
First Lines: Lifting Shadows
Wait, didn’t I do this one before? Well, yes. I did. Sorta. You see, after the success of the first-strictly-limited-fancy-deluxe Original Box Set Edition, there seemed to be a demand for a cheaper edition. So an updated and expanded second edition was released. And being the geek I am, I had to get that one… Read more »
First Lines: Don’t Panic
In 1988 a book by Neil Gaiman called Don’t Panic: The Official Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Companion was released. I didn’t quite read that book. In 1993, a second revised edition with additional material by David K. Dickson was released. I didn’t quite read that book either. In 2002, M.J. Simpson added three chapters… Read more »
First Lines: Good Omens
According to The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, that nice* and accurate tome of prophecies by the witch Agnes Nutter, Armageddon is nigh. As it turns out, Armageddon is taking place on a Saturday. In fact, next Saturday, just after tea. There’s just one catch: somehow someone seems to have misplaced The… Read more »
First Lines: And Another Thing…
Eoin Colfer’s And Another Thing… is the sixth part of Douglas Adams‘ increasingly inaccurately named Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy trilogy. It was released October last year on the 30th anniversary of the first H2G2 book. To put it short and unimaginatively: the book is Mostly Harmless. The regular cast appears, earth is once again… Read more »