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[ISBW] First Sentences

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S19 Ep2
Recorded January 12, 2023

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  • Team Rejection 2023 Count: 16

Main Topic: First Sentences

Examining what makes first sentences work

  • The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin
  • The Stand by Stephen King
  • The Gunslinger by Stephen King
  • This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone
  • A Murder of Crows by Sarah Yarwood-Lovett
  • The Mirror Empire by Kameron Hurley
  • The Annual Migration of Clouds by Premee Mohamed
  • Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
  • An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten
  • Thirteen at Dinner by Agatha Christie
  • Not Your Average Hot Guy by Gwenda Bond
  • Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
  • Or What You Will by Jo Walton
  • Very Good, Jeeves! by P. G. Wodehouse
  • A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers
  • King of the Dogs, Queen of the Cats by James Patrick Kelly
  • American Gods by Neil Gaiman
  • Fault Tolerance by Valerie Valdes

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January 12, 2022 | Season 19 Ep 2 | murverse.com
“First Sentences” by Mur Lafferty
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