Answers
Well, the replies have slowed and stopped on the literary meme post, so here's the answers that no-one got. There's 10 left out of 20. Shocking result people, especially given some of the ones you missed...
5 - "I wish that you would not do this thing."
The Trilogy of the Damned, Book 1: Spoils of War by Alan Dean Foster
7 - veldt to scrub to fields to these first tumbling houses that rise from the earth.
Perdido Street Station by China Mieville
10 - Sophie couldn't sleep.
The BFG by Roald Dahl
11 - In the false dawn a warm wind blew out of the east, shaking the dry reed cases.
The Dark Side of the Sun by Terry Pratchett
12 - The Nellie, a cruisiing yawl, swung to her anchor without a flutter of her sails, and was at rest.
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
16 - Moominmama was sitting on the front steps on the sun, rigging a model bark schooner.
Moominsummer Madness by Tove Jansson
17 - Maybe you've heard of something called the "open plan" office design.
The Joy of Work by Scott Addams
18 - Fame is a terminal disease.
The Road to Mars by Eric Idle
19 - This inscription could be seen on the glass door of a small shop, but naturally this was only the way it looked if you were inside the dimly lit shop, looking out at the street through the plate-glass door.
The Never-Ending Story by Michael Ende
20 - The victim died as he had lived.
Past Mortem by Ben Elton
5 - "I wish that you would not do this thing."
The Trilogy of the Damned, Book 1: Spoils of War by Alan Dean Foster
7 - veldt to scrub to fields to these first tumbling houses that rise from the earth.
Perdido Street Station by China Mieville
10 - Sophie couldn't sleep.
The BFG by Roald Dahl
11 - In the false dawn a warm wind blew out of the east, shaking the dry reed cases.
The Dark Side of the Sun by Terry Pratchett
12 - The Nellie, a cruisiing yawl, swung to her anchor without a flutter of her sails, and was at rest.
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
16 - Moominmama was sitting on the front steps on the sun, rigging a model bark schooner.
Moominsummer Madness by Tove Jansson
17 - Maybe you've heard of something called the "open plan" office design.
The Joy of Work by Scott Addams
18 - Fame is a terminal disease.
The Road to Mars by Eric Idle
19 - This inscription could be seen on the glass door of a small shop, but naturally this was only the way it looked if you were inside the dimly lit shop, looking out at the street through the plate-glass door.
The Never-Ending Story by Michael Ende
20 - The victim died as he had lived.
Past Mortem by Ben Elton