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From: Marc Renouf renouf@********.com
Subject: Favorite Cyberpunk
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 15:45:02 -0400 (EDT)
On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, Wordman wrote:

> Metropolitan has probably the best opening paragraph in fiction. Right up
> there with Charlotte's Web's "Where's papa goin' with that axe?" opening,
> but much more visceral.

While it's not cyberpunk per se, I think that one of the best
mood-setting opening lines is in Stephen King's "The Dark Tower."

"The man in black fled across the desert, and the Gunslinger
followed."

Marc

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