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Mash Up: Stories Inspired by Famous First Lines
Mash Up Stories Inspired by Famous First Lines Author:Gardner Dozois (Editor) Pride and Prejudice meets Macbeth by way of Moby Dick and a dollop of the speculative, in this hugely entertaining anthology where authors such as John Scalzi get inspiration for short stories from the first lines of famous works of literature. Edited by hugely respected anthologist Gardner Dozois, the collection includes stories by John S... more »calzi, Tad Williams, Elizabeth Bear and many others.
Contents:
Introduction by Steve Feldberg
Fireborn by Robert Charles Wilson – based on first line of Carl Sandburg’s Rootabaga Tale
The Evening Line by Mike Resnick – based on first line of Pride and Prejudice
No Decent Patrimony by Elizabeth Bear – based on first line of Marlowe’s Edward II
The Big Whale by Allen M. Steele – based on first line of Moby Dick
Begone by Daryl Gregory – based on first line of David Copperfield
The Red Menace by Lavie Tidhar – based on first line of The Communist Manifesto
Muse of Fire by John Scalzi – based on first line of Shakespeare’s Henry V
Writer’s Block by Nancy Kress – based on ‘It was a dark and stormy night…’ from Paul by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Highland Reel by John G. Hemry – based on first line of Macbeth
Karin Coxswain, or, Death as She is Truly Lived by Paul Di Filippo – based on first line of Huckleberry Finn
The Lady Astronaut of Mars by Mary Robinette Kowal – based on first line of The Wizard of Oz
Every Fuzzy Beast of The Earth, Every Pink Fowl of The Air by Tad Williams – based on first line of the Bible
Declaration by James Patrick Kelly – based on first line of the Declaration of Independence