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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 ... more »Scalzi, Tad Williams, Elizabeth Bear and many others.
Contents:
Introduction / 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