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Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun.

blue_beetle — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:47:57 -0800

Great Opening Sentences From Science Fiction from io9.com.

Multi-link Mike Post post

Horace Rumpole — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 09:44:30 -0800

If you only watch the opening credits of 279 shows from the late 1980s, make it these 279 shows from the late 1980s. 1985: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 1986: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 1987: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8 1988: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 1989: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10

Church Locking in England

chrismear — Wed, 16 May 2007 12:27:16 -0800

Church Locking: shattering the myth that "all churches are locked". With the aim of visiting every church in England and recording whether it is kept locked or unlocked, this ten-year-old 'side project' now has statistics by county and diocese, county maps, and a map of the country showing their progress.

Best openings of essays/academic works

LobsterMitten — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 00:21:02 -0800

Best opening (or closing) paragraphs of academic works, a discussion at Crooked Timber. (This is of course different from first lines of novels, as discussed here, there, and elsewhere.