An attention-grabbing first line
I was listening to Escape Pod while driving home this evening. It's a short science-fiction podcast, and the story was 'Margin of Error'. It began with:
Paula came back in a blaze of glory.
Isn't that a wonderful first line? There are so many possibilities, especially with sci-fi premises. It immediately grabbed my attention, although my mind was buzzing so much from tonight's practice dance session that I couldn't concentrate, so I switched to music after a couple of minutes. This was entirely to do with me and no reflection on the story! It started very well, and I'll look forward to hearing the rest 
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December 19th, 2006 - 00:59
Doesn’t sound that good to me. Mind you, the yardstick I compare all first lines against is Iain Banks’ Crow Road and nothing comes close to that!
December 19th, 2006 - 10:27
Just looked it up, and have to agree