Game 49, Book 5, and final results
Here were the first lines for book 5, Bill The Galactic Hero.
1. Recruiting Sergeant Markham apologised subsequently, but by then it was too late.
Written by dorianegray, chosen by jeffr23
2. You never forget your first hyperspace coma.
Written by lslaw, chosen by dangerdean and dorianegray
3. The recruitment officer's boots were not just the shiniest boots Bill had ever seen, they were, without a doubt, the shiniest things of any sort that Bill had ever seen.
Written by jeffr23, chosen by taldragon
4. It is a proud and lonely thing to be a galactic hero.
Written by dangerdean, chosen by lslaw
5. Bill never realised that sex was the cause of it all.
Written by Harry Harrison, chosen by no-one
If Bill hadn't been ogling a farm girl bathing in the stream instead of getting on with the ploughing, he'd never have heard the seductively martial music coming from the one-robot band leading the recruitment parade, you see. That was accordingly a difficult first line to guess, but I'd also say it had some pretty quality competition from the submissions.
To the scores!
lslaw 2
dangerdean 1
dorianegray 1
jeffr23 1
Which means overall:
lslaw 7
dorianegray 6
dangerdean 5
jeffr23 5
bookwormsarah 1
Giving us a clear winner for game 49: congratulations to lslaw.
1. Recruiting Sergeant Markham apologised subsequently, but by then it was too late.
Written by dorianegray, chosen by jeffr23
2. You never forget your first hyperspace coma.
Written by lslaw, chosen by dangerdean and dorianegray
3. The recruitment officer's boots were not just the shiniest boots Bill had ever seen, they were, without a doubt, the shiniest things of any sort that Bill had ever seen.
Written by jeffr23, chosen by taldragon
4. It is a proud and lonely thing to be a galactic hero.
Written by dangerdean, chosen by lslaw
5. Bill never realised that sex was the cause of it all.
Written by Harry Harrison, chosen by no-one
If Bill hadn't been ogling a farm girl bathing in the stream instead of getting on with the ploughing, he'd never have heard the seductively martial music coming from the one-robot band leading the recruitment parade, you see. That was accordingly a difficult first line to guess, but I'd also say it had some pretty quality competition from the submissions.
To the scores!
lslaw 2
dangerdean 1
dorianegray 1
jeffr23 1
Which means overall:
lslaw 7
dorianegray 6
dangerdean 5
jeffr23 5
bookwormsarah 1
Giving us a clear winner for game 49: congratulations to lslaw.