First line of Against the Day

Dave Monroe monropolitan at yahoo.com
Wed Oct 11 14:42:57 CDT 2006


Either way, "haul" or "single," still, an excellent
opening, pregnant with emaning in a nigh unto termite
queen sort of way.  I remain teary-eyed ...

--- David Meury <dmeury at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Since first sentences carry added literary weight, I
> see this one doing double-duty as a signal from the
> author to the reader that the "trip" is about to get
> underway.  Rather obvious, I know, but there isn't
> much to work with yet.

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