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Science Fiction First Lines

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Introduction:
"Can you spot which famous science fiction novel the following first lines are from? (I have used the first "proper" line, not any chapter heading quotes or forewords.)"


1. "Just as he pulled himself up to the rock ledge, he heard a rattle and felt the first prick of fangs."
Which classic science fiction novel is this the first line of?
    The Kraken Wakes
    Earth Abides
    Into The Out Of
    World War Z


2. Which science fiction novel begins with the following line?
"When a day that you happen to know is Wednesday starts off by sounding like Sunday, there is something seriously wrong somewhere."
    Day Of The Triffids
    On The Beach
    The Kraken Wakes
    A Wrinkle In The Skin


3. The line "Once upon a time there was a Martian called Valentine Michael Smith." begins which classic science fiction novel?
    Red Planet
    Stranger In A Strange Land
    John Carter Of Mars
    The Martian Chronicles


4. "The August sun struck in through the open window and burned on Andrew Rusch's bare legs until discomfort dragged him awake from the depths of heavy sleep." Which science fiction novel begins with this line?
    On The Beach
    Make Room! Make Room!
    The Death Of Grass
    The Midwich Cuckoos


5. Which science fiction novel opens with the line "A squat grey building of only thirty-four storeys."?
    Brave New World
    Deathwing Over Veynaa
    The Girl Who Owned A City
    Postmarked The Stars


6. "It was such a perfect day, a promise of summer with cloudless blue skies."
Which 'young adult' science fiction novel begins with this line?
    Fallout
    The Girl Who Owned A City
    Children Of The Dust
    Brother In The Land


7. Which science fiction book begins with the following line?
"In Fort Repose, a river town in central Florida, it was said that sending a message by Western Union was the same as broadcasting it over the combined networks."
    The Days Of Perky Pat
    Earth Abides
    Alas, Babylon
    Second Variety


8. "The time traveller (for so it will be convenient to speak of him) was expounding a recondite matter to us."
Which science fiction classic opens with this line?
    Out Of Time's Abyss
    Pellucidar
    The Time Machine
    Where Time Winds Blow


9. Which classic science fiction book opens with the line "On my naming day when I come 12 I gone front spear and kilt a wyld boar" (sic)
    Riddley Walker
    This Time Of Darkness
    Children of Morrow
    Down The Dark River


10. Which science fiction classic opens with this line? -
"The year 1866 was signalised by a remarkable incident, a mysterious and puzzling phenomenon, which doubtless no-one has yet forgotten."
    The Time Machine
    Red Planet
    The Kraken Wakes
    20,000 Leagues Under The Sea


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