tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77576839169900858602011-07-28T23:19:23.329-05:00Dissecting first pages that soldAlex Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12421948724206191688noreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7757683916990085860.post-21468801474292246242010-07-24T20:12:00.000-05:002010-07-24T20:12:43.494-05:00

Since the first pages of Relic, Preston and Child have held my attention in the palm of their competent hands. Call them pulp writers, call them anything you please, I simply don't care. They have the kind of magic that works for me--with one exception, but that's not what this post is about. What this is about is an opening that doesn't work for me, for one very simple reason. Since an excerpt

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I'd like my focus for this blog to be on newer books, so I can keep up with what's hitting the shelves now--or at least recently. But when I think about my favorite openings, the ones that have rocked my world, one specific book always comes to mind, so I'd be remiss not to include it here. My writing career, such as it is, can be divided into two parts: pre-Lolita and post.  I've been thinking

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It's a funny thing, but I almost didn't buy Total Oblivion, More or Less. I was standing in Barnes and Noble looking for examples of covers I didn't like, when I spotted what I perceived to be a cheesy spine jutting from amidst its peers. A-ha, I thought, and raced off to show my companion my prize. Sure enough, the spine was ugly and the cover not my usual cup of tea, but for whatever reason I

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Lightbreaker, by Mark Teppo

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The Last Symbol, by Dan Brown

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