The first sentence is the most important part of a book, or so I'm told. I took photos of five of my favorite books and then added the first sentence. Some of them came out very well, like I am Legend, which is fittingly creepy. These were all made with an iPad app called Over.
Tag: Ray Bradbury
The Best Writing of the Week | Elmore Leonard
I'm just finishing up Elmore Leonard's short story collection, Fire in the Hole. The book has nine stories that are all of the very highest quality and I bought it for two main reasons: I wanted to get a taste for Mr. Leonard, whom I had not read before and... it contains a short story, Fire… Continue reading The Best Writing of the Week | Elmore Leonard
To Ray Bradbury
In the back of my copy of Fahrenheit 451 there is a chapter called Coda, in which Ray Bradbury gives would-be censors a piece of his mind. It includes the following: "In sum, do not insult me with the beheadings, finger-choppings or the lung-deflations you plan for my works. I need my head to shake… Continue reading To Ray Bradbury
On Books and Writing 