ATD: first sentence

[pynchonoid]

I used to work in a bookstore, a couple of different
times, often watched the customers pick up a book,
leaf through to and look at the first page, then
quickly close the book and put it down.  I assumed
they only had time to read the first sentence or
perhaps a bit more before choosing to move on.

Since the books hadn't yet been purchased, rarely did
they get thrown across the room.

pynchonoid:
> << The first sentence may be the most important in
> any novel, because if the 
> reader doesn't finish it and move on, no way she's
> reading the book. >>
> 

somebody else:
> While this is undoubtedly true in theory, one might
> wonder how many people 
> toss a book across the room after one sentence.
> 


 
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